Running Remote App on Mapped drive

[shady_sawyer]

We are running a particular software on SBS server 2003. We want to deliver this software through remote app to clients. My plan was to make a test 2012 server VM and then install remote app on it. Then map the drive to the application to SBS 2003. The remote app on 2012 will deliver the application which is installed on SBS 2003 to the clients. Can this be done?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

The easiest answer would address well-designed client-server software. For instance, you would have a DBMS like ORACLE on the server, with client-apps designed for simultaneous multi-access loaded either from the client or the server system, but running on the client systems.

If it is a matter of "any old software" -- it would depend on whether multiple instances would collide -- for instance, saving program files and information to the same or different stores on the server.

But even if you can load a program for individual workstations from the server, you could not have workstation users opening the same files to work on simultaneously. The program would need to be designed for that prospect.

For example, I use NUANCE PaperPort 14. Individual workstation installations will work well simultaneously accessing the same document store on the same server -- because the program is designed to do that.

 

[XavierMace]

It's possible it would work, but I wouldn't hold my breath. RemoteApp is to allow remote access to applications installed on that particular RDHost. Not to run applications installed on some other computer. Generally applications have a variety of registry entries and other information on the computer you installed the application on. Step 1 would be to call your vendor and see if that application is even supported in a Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services environment. The answer you'll probably get is no.