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Thus, the Horizon Service user portal is only one way for users to launch their Horizon-enabled ThinApp
applications. The administrator can set up push for all applications so that users do not need to use the Horizon
user portal. However the administrator may require user activation (and download) of some applications, and
the user does this from the user portal.
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entitlement. The Agent checks entitlement by consulting its local cache of entitlement information. This local
policy cache is filled with entitlement information that the Agent downloads on a scheduled basis from the
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ongoing check is essential.
The following diagram illustrates the workflows for:
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(entitlement) cache
Fetch ThinApp packages
Monitor ThinApp
packages
Report ThinApp
package changes
to service
Policy check
before launching
Download ThinApp
package to desktop
Get ThinApp entitlements
Windows Desktop
Horizon Service
Oine
Policy
Cache
ThinApp
Package
Horizon
Connector
Horizon
Agent
ThinApp Repository
(Windows Application Share)
Figure 32: Management of ThinApp Packages and Entitlement in Horizon