AppsAnywhere 3.6: Bringing Software Access Closer to Learning

Introducing D2L Brightspace integration, clearer Cloud Delivery reporting, and continued platform improvements.

AppsAnywhere 3.6 is here, bringing new ways for higher education institutions to connect students, faculty and staff with the software they need, wherever learning happens.

The headline update in this release is our new D2L Brightspace integration, giving institutions using Brightspace another way to embed AppsAnywhere software access directly into the learning experience. Alongside this, AppsAnywhere 3.6 also introduces clearer Cloud Delivery Reports and ongoing platform improvements that strengthen the security, stability and performance of the AppsAnywhere platform.

Together, these updates help institutions deliver software access that is more connected, more understandable and more dependable.

Whether you are supporting students on campus, enabling BYOD, improving access for hybrid learners, or simplifying software delivery across complex IT environments, AppsAnywhere 3.6 continues our mission to make education software easier to find, launch and manage.

What’s new in AppsAnywhere 3.6?

New: D2L Brightspace integration

Learning increasingly happens inside learning management systems (LMS). Students access course materials, submit assignments, review feedback and follow learning activities from one central environment. But when required software sits outside that experience, students can face unnecessary friction.

They may need to leave the LMS, search for the correct application, follow separate access instructions, or work out which tool they need for a specific course activity.

AppsAnywhere 3.6 helps remove that disconnect.

With the new D2L Brightspace integration, institutions can embed AppsAnywhere application launches directly into Brightspace course content. Students can access the software they need from the place they are already learning, while AppsAnywhere continues to manage access and delivery in the background.

That means software access becomes part of the course experience, rather than a separate step.

For students, this helps make software easier to find and launch. For faculty, it helps ensure required applications are available where they are most relevant. For IT teams, it boosts AppsAnywhere as the central platform for managing software availability and delivery, without duplicating administration inside the LMS.

The D2L Brightspace integration supports the same consistent approach as AppsAnywhere’s existing LMS integrations with Canvas and Blackboard. With Brightspace now added, AppsAnywhere supports three widely used Learning Management Systems, helping institutions bring academic software closer to teaching and learning across more digital environments.

Software access at the point of learning

The value of LMS-integrated software access is simple: students should not need to understand the complexity behind software delivery to access the tools required for their course.

A student working inside D2L Brightspace should be able to open the relevant course area, select the required software, and launch it through AppsAnywhere using the institution’s existing access and delivery controls.

AppsAnywhere continues to support the different ways institutions deliver software, including on-device applications, virtual and streamed applications, Cloud Delivery, virtual desktops and web-based software. The Brightspace integration does not change how applications are managed or delivered. Instead, it provides another way to surface approved applications in the right learning context.

This is especially important for institutions supporting flexible, hybrid and BYOD learning environments. As software estates become more complex, and as students expect seamless access across locations and devices, institutions need software delivery that fits into the way learning now happens.

AppsAnywhere already helps institutions such as Purdue University support demanding academic software needs across multi-campus and BYOD environments. The addition of D2L Brightspace integration builds on that same principle: making specialist software more accessible, while keeping IT teams in control.

Improved: Clearer Cloud Delivery Reports

AppsAnywhere 3.6 also introduces an update to Cloud Delivery Reports, focused on improving clarity for IT admins.

Descriptors have been added to existing Cloud Delivery reporting metrics, helping provide more context around what each metric means and how it should be interpreted.

This update is designed to reduce ambiguity and make reporting easier to understand. Rather than leaving admins to interpret metrics in isolation, Cloud Delivery Reports now provide additional guidance directly within the reporting experience.

For institutions using Cloud Delivery, clearer reporting can support more confident conversations around usage, adoption and service performance. It can also help IT teams better understand how Cloud Delivery is being used across their environment.

Cloud Delivery is an important part of the AppsAnywhere platform, helping institutions provide access to Windows applications from non-Windows devices and support software access without needing to manage traditional VDI infrastructure in every scenario.

Customer stories such as the University of South Wales show how institutions are continuing to modernize software delivery and future-proof their IT strategy. Clearer Cloud Delivery reporting supports that journey by making usage information easier to interpret and act on.

Continued: Platform Improvements

AppsAnywhere 3.6 also includes a set of platform improvements designed to strengthen the overall AppsAnywhere experience.

These updates focus on the foundations that matter most to IT teams: security, stability and performance. While many of these improvements sit behind the scenes, they are an important part of ensuring AppsAnywhere continues to support reliable software delivery at scale.

For users, this means continued confidence in the platform, and reflects our ongoing commitment to a secure, high-performing software delivery experience built for the needs of higher education.

As institutions continue to support more devices, more learning models and more complex software estates, platform reliability remains critical. AppsAnywhere 3.6 continues that mission.

Why this release matters for higher education

Higher education software delivery is no longer limited to managed computer labs.

Students expect access from personal devices, across operating systems, on and off campus. Faculty need confidence that required software will be available at the right point in the course. IT teams need to manage applications, licensing and delivery without increasing complexity.

AppsAnywhere helps institutions meet those expectations by centralizing software access and delivery through one platform.

With AppsAnywhere 3.6, that platform becomes even more connected to the learning experience. D2L Brightspace integration brings software closer to course activity, Cloud Delivery Reports provide clearer insight into usage, and platform improvements continue to strengthen the reliability and performance of the service.

For customers already using AppsAnywhere, this new version is another step forward in making software delivery simpler, clearer and more aligned to how learning happens today.

For institutions evaluating AppsAnywhere, this release reinforces the value of a platform designed specifically for higher education software delivery.

AppsAnywhere supports institutions around the world, helping students access the applications they need for teaching, learning and research. Customer stories from institutions such as La Cité and College of Charleston show how higher education IT teams are using AppsAnywhere to support flexible access, BYOD strategies, cloud migration, and centralized software delivery.

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Ready to bring software access closer to learning?

AppsAnywhere 3.6 helps institutions connect education software with the digital environments that students, faculty and staff use every day.

With our new D2L Brightspace integration, clearer Cloud Delivery reporting and continued platform improvements, this release makes software access more embedded, more accessible and more understandable.

Existing customers: contact your Customer Success representative to learn more.

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