Introduction to App Layering and VMware App Volumes
Peter von Oven · Apress eBooks · 2021
Application layering is a software-based technology solution that delivers applications to endpoint devices. It does this by capturing or containerizing just the application, including the application files and settings, and storing that on a virtual hard disk – hence the use of the word container. The virtual hard disk is often referred to as the container or in some cases the application package or application layer. This means you have abstracted the applications from the underlying operating system, and they are in a format whereby you can deliver them to your endpoints.