Advantages of Using Virtual Appliances

InstallAnywhere 2025 R1

There are many advantages of using virtual appliances instead of regular installers to deploy software. Using virtual appliances provides the following benefits:

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Using virtual appliances enables you to deploy fully configured and ready-to-run software.

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Using virtual appliances eliminates problems with installation and configuration, such as software or driver compatibility issues, or application and library conflicts. End users simply download a single file and run the application.

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Using virtual appliances reduces the testing matrix of operating system platforms.

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Using virtual appliances reduces the resources that are required for maintenance.

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Virtual appliances are usually built to host a single application; virtual appliances are therefore useful in deploying applications on a network.

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Deploying your products as virtual appliances helps you reach new customer segments.

Advantages of Using InstallAnywhere to Create Virtual Appliances

Using InstallAnywhere to create virtual appliances provides additional advantages.

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With the increasing popularity of virtual appliances, you can leverage your existing investment in your installers and use the same project, with almost no change, to create virtual appliances.

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There is no learning curve for developers who are new to virtual appliances.

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You can create customized VM templates that can be used for virtual appliances.

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It enables you to quickly and easily provide demos of your enterprise-class products to your customers.

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You can produce OVF 1.1 compliant appliances for VMware.