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This section describes how an organization using Microsoft's Active Directory can leverage that
infrastructure with the SpoonReg tool to deploy Novell virtual applications to their users.
5.5.1
Active Directory
Active Directory allows the network administrator to manage users and groups within an
organization. Many organizations use Active Directory to manage their network services. By
combining Active Directory with SpoonReg, administrators can deploy virtual applications easily
and reliably to one or more users in their organization.
5.5.2
SpoonReg
SpoonReg manages the virtual desktop environment for a given user by registering and
unregistering virtual applications. A typical SpoonReg command to register an application such as
Firefox would be:
\\VirtualAppServer\Tools\SpoonReg.exe \\VitualAppServer\Apps\Firefox.exe
This represents the basic functionality of SpoonReg which would copy the virtual application
executable, create Start Menu items and desktop shortcuts and setup file associations.
5.5.3
Using SpoonReg with Active Directory
In an organization, it is generally more desirable to manage a group of users rather than one at a
time. By combining Active Directory with SpoonReg you can manage the virtual environment for
a user, group, or Organizational Unit. Here we will walk through some scenarios on how this can
be accomplished.
Note: In order to manage virtual applications using Active Directory, the users must have access to
a shared network drive where the virtual application executable files exist. This can be specified
by a full UNC path, or by using a mapped network drive.
5.5.4
Scenario 1: Linking an organizational unit (OU) to a group policy object
(GPO)
Active Directory offers many ways to manage network services for an organization. Here we are
going to look at how we can use an OU in combination with a GPO to manage the virtual
application environment for a set of users.
5.5.5
Organizational unit (OU)
In Active Directory, OUs are containers where you can place users, groups and other OUs. Using
these containers the administrator can create a structure that models the hierarchical or logical
structures within the organization. By setting up the OUs we can isolate the different groups of
users that will receive their own set of virtual applications. Some examples would be Accounting,
Sales, Marketing, etc.
5.5.6
Group policy object (GPO)
GPOs are a way of applying a set of rules and features to a targeted set of users. Typically GPOs
handle security, application installation, logon/logoff scripts, Internet Explorer settings and
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