Host your Desktop Applications in Google Cloud Platform
Thinfinity Workspace enables you to publish your applications on any cloud platform, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Whether you're delivering VirtualUI-enabled applications or RemoteApps, Thinfinity provides a seamless and secure browser-based experience.
This article focuses on preparing your Google Cloud VM for publishing a Windows application using Thinfinity Workspace. It covers all the essential steps required to set up your Google Cloud environment before installing Thinfinity Workspace, ensuring a seamless deployment process.
Preparing Google Cloud VMs
- Open the Google Cloud Console, go to the Navigation Panel (1), click on Compute Engine (2), and select the VM Instances (3) option.
- Select a project if you already have one, or create a new one. Press Continue once the project is ready.
- Click on Create in the VM Instances menu.
- Configure the VM itself completing the essential fields:Name: The name of the Virtual Machine.Region: Select the geographical region closest to your users or operations to optimize performance and comply with data residency requirements.Machine type: This will determine capacity and power of the Virtual Machine in terms of CPU and RAM.In this example, the VM is powerless: vCPU, 3.75 GB of RAM.Large deployments will require Virtual Machines with more capacity.
Boot Disk: Select one of the available Windows versions.
We recommend using Windows Server 2019 Datacenter. - In the Firewall section, check both HTTP and HTTPS options and click the Create button.
- Click on the Connect drop-down menu and select the Set Windows Password option. Now create a Windows user and a password for this machine for the RDP connection.
- Open mstsc.msc (Remote Desktop) and connect to your VM using the External IP and the credentials you just configured. Click on LocalServer and turn on the IE Enhanced Security Configuration.
- Change both Administrators and Users to Off.
- Open the browser on the VM, download Thinfinity Wokspace, and install it directly on the same VM.
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