[Citrix App Layering](https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-app-layering/4.html) radically reduces the time it takes to manage Windows applications and images. App Layering separates the management of your OS and apps from your infrastructure. You can install each app and OS patch once, update the associated templates, and redeploy your images. You can publish layered images as open standard virtual disks, usable in any environment. You can use App Layering to provide dynamic access application layer virtual disks stored on SMB shared networked storage, including Azure NetApp Files. To enhance App Layering resiliency to events of storage service maintenance, Azure NetApp Files has extended support for [SMB Transparent Failover via SMB Continuous Availability (CA) shares on Azure NetApp Files](azure-netapp-files-create-volumes-smb.md#continuous-availability) for App Layering virtual disks. For more information, see [Azure NetApp Files Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solutions | Citrix](azure-netapp-files-solution-architectures.md#citrix). Azure NetApp Files doesn't support custom applications with SMB Continuous Availability.
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