VMware ACE


Distribute VMs created inside of VMware Workstation 7 with VMware ACE.

That’s true I talked a lot about the new VMware Workstaton 7 or VMware Player 3 (which can create a Virtual machines now), but there is one more desktop product which is quite cool too. It’s VMware ACE.

vmware-ACE

VMware ACE is packaging desktop application working together with Vmware Workstation. You can deploy the fully configured VM to your clients, co-workers, and centraly manage security and update profiles with ACE Management server.

The new VMware ACE 2.6 added support for Windows 7, but other systems (linux too) are supported as a guest VMs or as a host.

Operating System

Host and Guest Support

Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Ultimate
Host and guest
Windows 2008 SP2, R2 Guest
Windows Vista SP2 Guest
Debian 5 Guest
Ubuntu 9.04 Host and guest
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Host and guest
CentOS 5.3 Guest
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 Guest
OpenSUSE 11.x Host and guest
Mandriva 2009 Host and guest
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.x Host and guest

The ACE 2 Management Server has the ability to dynamically update control and security policies, including the ability to activate / deactivate ACE clients.

VMware ACE 2.6 Release Notes
ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
Workstation and ACE Online Library

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