Analysis: IE virtualization solution under Windows7 (3)

Because IE is merged into the operating system, the application virtualization solution is not suitable for IE 7 and IE 6
virtualization.

The entire operating system needs to be virtualized to get a previous version of IE. By doing this, you can prevent system conflicts that occur if IE is treated as an application. In order to reduce the cost of the operating system of the customer, you can use the software restriction policy in Wind
ows XP and the group policy setting to lock the virtual environment in IE 6.

The following table provides a comparison of desktop virtualization and compatibility topics. In this table, device virtualization (or full virtualization) includes Windows Virtual PC, Windows xp mode, and MED-V; access virtualization includes terminal services.


Device Virtualization
Access Virtualization
Application Virtualization
Note
A virtual device simulates enough hardware to allow an unaltered customer to run an operating system individually
Accessing applications and data over a network on a remote computer
Applications compressed from the underlying hardware
Explorer before running IE
Yes, yes, before (left) Server
No
Application to operating system is not compatible
Yes, yes, use previous server
No
Application and application conflict
No
Yes, each application uses a server
is a
16-bit application on a 64-bit host
Yes, with a 32-bit virtual device
Yes, with a 32-bit virtual device
No
Corporate manageability
Can only use MED-V
Yes
Yes