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Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp: Secure Cross-Platform Application Virtualization for Remote Workforces

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Hernán Costa

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Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp: Secure Cross-Platform Application Virtualization for Remote Workforces

Introduction

Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp, a standout feature of Thinfinity Workspace, provides enterprises with powerful cross-platform virtualization, enabling secure delivery of Windows applications directly to any device via a web browser. By leveraging the industry-standard Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp eliminates the need for client installations and offers a seamless user experience across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android devices.

Unlike traditional RemoteApp tools such as Microsoft RemoteApp, Thinfinity’s approach enhances security through a proprietary Reverse Gateway architecture, which requires no inbound ports. This architecture, combined with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), ensures that all connections are outbound, fully authenticated, and encrypted—providing a secure, scalable solution for application virtualization.

Cross-Platform Virtualization Made Easy

Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp offers true cross-platform compatibility, enabling access to Windows applications from virtually any device with a web browser. This is a game-changer for organizations with diverse operating systems, as it removes the friction typically associated with deploying applications across different environments. Thinfinity Workspace delivers a consistent, high-performance experience, regardless of the underlying device, ensuring that businesses can fully embrace BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and remote work models.

  • Windows, macOS, Linux: Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp supports seamless virtualization across desktop operating systems, allowing users to work on applications as if they were natively installed.
  • iOS and Android: Mobile device users can access full Windows applications through Thinfinity Workspace, further enhancing workforce mobility.

Superior Security with Zero Trust Integration

Security remains a top priority with Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp. By integrating with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Thinfinity ensures that every connection is fully authenticated before access is granted. In contrast to other solutions like Microsoft RemoteApp, Thinfinity’s Reverse Gateway eliminates the need for inbound ports, providing a secure environment free from common vulnerabilities such as DDoS attacks and unauthorized network access attempts. Key security features include:

  • End-to-End Encryption: All data transferred between the user and the server is encrypted, safeguarding sensitive information.
  • Contextual Authentication: Each session is validated through multi-factor authentication (MFA) and device verification, reducing the risk of security breaches.
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Administrators can assign access based on user roles, ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to specific applications, which is critical for compliance with industry standards like HIPAA and GDPR.

Scalability to Meet Growing Enterprise Needs

Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp is built with scalability in mind, providing the flexibility to grow alongside your organization. The solution is capable of dynamically allocating resources and balancing workloads to ensure that even during periods of high traffic, performance remains stable and applications remain responsive. The high availability (HA) architecture ensures continuous access to applications, with load balancing and failover mechanisms built in to prevent service disruptions.

  • Dynamic Resource Allocation: Thinfinity optimizes resource usage across the infrastructure, ensuring that even large-scale deployments can maintain high performance.
  • Load Balancing and HA: By distributing the load across multiple servers, Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp maintains optimal performance, even under heavy workloads, without compromising user experience.

Enhanced User Experience

With Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp, users experience native-like application performance directly within their browsers. This level of user experience is achieved through:

  • Low-Latency Performance: Thinfinity’s WebSocket tunneling ensures that applications run smoothly, with minimal delays and high responsiveness, even for remote users.
  • Full Peripheral Support: Thinfinity supports peripheral devices such as printers, USB drives, and audio redirection, ensuring users have access to the tools they need, regardless of where they are working.
  • Advanced file transfer capabilities: Thinfinity Supports advanced file transfer including drag-and-drop functionality for effortless movement of files between local and remote environments, clipboard-based transfers for smaller files, and direct file transfer via WebSocket tunnels that optimize performance for larger data exchanges. Additionally, Thinfinity Drive provides automatic file mirroring between local and remote systems with both one-way and bi-directional synchronization options, while ThinDisk serves as temporary storage to streamline transfers, ensuring reliable, secure, and efficient data movement across platforms

Why Choose Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp Over Other Solutions?

When comparing Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp to other remote application delivery solutions such as VMware Horizon or Citrix Virtual Apps, Thinfinity offers several key advantages:

  • No Client Installation Required: Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp delivers applications entirely through the web, eliminating the need for cumbersome client installations and updates.
  • Reverse Gateway Architecture: Thinfinity’s no inbound ports architecture enhances security, protecting against a wide range of potential threats.
  • Scalability at a Lower Cost: Thinfinity’s architecture provides cost-effective scalability, making it a more attractive option for organizations looking to expand their virtualized application offerings without the hefty investment required by more complex systems like Citrix or VMware.

Conclusion

Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp, a core feature of Thinfinity Workspace, provides enterprises with a secure, scalable, and flexible solution for application virtualization. By leveraging cross-platform compatibility, Zero Trust integration, and reverse gateway architecture, Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp ensures that your applications are delivered securely and efficiently to any device—without the need for traditional client installations or open ports.

For businesses seeking a modern approach to RemoteApp solutions, Thinfinity RDP RemoteApp offers unparalleled performance, security, and ease of use, making it the ideal choice for companies looking to scale their application delivery in the modern digital workspace.

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9 Comments

mbak4d
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Leo Laurencio
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March 1, 2021 at 1:44 pm

Hi Segun,
Thanks for contacting us.
We have two different solutions, depending on whether you own the app or if it’s a third party. Both solutions are straightforward and cost-effective.
Please send us an email to [email protected] with your contact information so we can schedule a demo session to explain to you how you can achieve your goals with Thinfinity.
Looking forward to hearing from you!

Segun Great
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February 10, 2021 at 1:49 pm

Hello, am a web developer and have a client who wants me to design and develop a website for him where he can allow his prospective clients to test/demo a windows desktop application. So we want to host the software online so that clients can access it through OurDomainName.com. Either it’s a public URL or private where we generate a custom URL for the client to test at a certain time frame.
I would like to know how I can set this up using your platform.

Joe Lag
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July 30, 2020 at 3:11 am

Hi, I would like to run this on a personal website to allow some basic ham radio calculator windows apps that I have not been able to convert to html/php to put on my webpage. This seems to work fine but I do not need users. Just anonymous access to these apps. Looking at the user license a min of 5 users would be way over priced for a personal project. But might be considered if there is no concurrent limit on anonymous users. Even with 5 concurrent anonymous users limit, If people forget and leave on for 30 minutes it would take away those slots for my website and I would have a most not functional personal site with 5 connected anonymous members. This would not work 🙁 So this is why I’m asking about if there is a limit on concurrent anonymous users on shared apps. What I need. I might consider paying if I can use multiple anonymous users with the 5 user license even if I wont need “Users accounts” created for these “public themed” apps.

Fransua Biancarosa
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June 5, 2020 at 11:06 am

Hi, I looked at the tutorial and I’m very interested in using your product to share my app, but I have some little question
1) How many user can connect simultaneously to the remote app?
2) Are there limitation to the size of the app that can be shared (file size, required resources)?
3) What do I need for a complete setup (a particular configuration of the server, hardware resources ecc)?
3) Can I share my app in a costum webpage (not the dofoult page that i see in the live demo or into the tutorial)?

    Cybele Support
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    June 29, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    Hi Fransua,
    Thaks for contacting us.
    Regarding your inquiries:
    1. This is tied to the resources your app requires. If you provide us more details we can better guide you regarding this matter.
    2. There aren’t any kind of limitation in this aspect.
    3. This is related to item #1.
    4. You can build your web application and connect to Thinfinity Remote Desktop Server dynamically. You can also customize our landing page to fit your company style.
    One of our reps will contact you to further discuss about your requirements.

vinay
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November 16, 2018 at 10:19 am

A desktop application in C++ could be a native application that may access the complete set of Windows arthropod genus and either run in a very window or within the system console. Desktop applications in C++ will run on Windows XP through Windows ten (although Windows XP isn’t any longer formally supported and there are several Windows arthropod genus that is introduced since then). A desktop and windows application is distinct from a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app, which may run on PCs running Windows ten, and conjointly on XBox, Windows Phone, Surface Hub, and alternative devices. For a lot of info regarding desktop vs. UWP applications.
Windows Forms may be a set of categories that encapsulates the creation of the graphical program (GUI) portion of a typical desktop application. Previously, every artificial language had its own approach to making windows, text boxes, buttons, etc. This practicality has all been moved into the .NET Framework category library—into the kinds settled within the System.Windows.Forms namespace. Closely connected is that the System. Drawing namespace, that contains many varieties utilized in the creation of GUI applications.

John Cook
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June 20, 2018 at 3:06 pm

Marianna, I have a Visual FoxPro app that is running on a cloud server. My users access my app using a RemoteApp icon on their windows desktop. I pay a cloud server hosting company $35.00 per user (that accesses my app) per month to host my app. The hosting company helped me get all this working and helps a lot when I work thru issues like allowing vendors to write files to a shared folder on the cloud server, allowing my app to access vendors FTP sites, allowing my app to access external (meaning not part of my app) vendor’s databases either at my customer’s site or elsewhere on the web (we use VPN tunnels or add my cloud server to the customer’s network’s Active Directory). If I understand correctly, if my app were accessed via a web browser rather than via RemoteApp, my per user costs would be drastically reduced. Is this something you can help me to understand and implement and if so at what costs?

    Mariana
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    June 20, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    Dear John,
    Thanks for sharing your inquiry.
    We provide free assistance and full support at no extra cost to any user who evaluates Thinfinity VirtualUI.
    please send us an email to [email protected] with your contact information so we can schedule a demo session to explain to you how our VirtualUI can simplify your structure and reduce your virtualization costs.
    Have a great day!

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