How to improve your Hyper-V lab performance


While looking into Windows IO/Mem performance on a rainy day (i.e. “no golf”), I noticed something that I do in my Hyper-V lab setup that kills performance.

I build new VMs all of the time. Usually they are for a simple test I build with MDT and I throw away the VM after a couple of weeks. I do it …

Microsoft files AppVirt Patent Application 20110191788

My partner at GridMasterTraining, Kevin Kaminski (t=@kkaminsk), today showed me a patent application that Microsoft recently submitted on Application Virtualization. Seem Strange? YEAH!

Notice: Although I do have a patent, I am not a patent attorney. Anything in this blog post should be considered at nothing more than “uneducated blather”.

Application Virtualization has been around for over 10 years, and …

Video of Tim at Briforum 2010 available

At Briforum 2010 I did a 70 minute session on App-V. Brian has now made the video publicly available at this link.

In this session, I demo using App-V on Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop in what I call “serverless” mode using some free tools that I developed. But even if you don’t do Citrix, I covered a lot of …

App-V 4.6SP1 Sequencing: Diff between Install and Configure

I ran into an interesting problem with 4.6SP1 while sequencing the application 7-Zip today.

If you have been at all familiar with App-V sequencing at any time prior to the 4.6 SP1, you would know that while you are in the “installation mode” with the sequencer, you not only install the application but you fully configure and customize the application …

See you at BriForum Chicago?

 

Tim will be making two presentations at Briforum Chicago next week.

What’s New in Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 is a 70 minute look into App-V for both the novices and the most demanding experts (which should be a significant part of the audience at this converence!).

 

2051: The Future of Virtualization is a very short 15 minute view …

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Check it out: Tim as Guest on “Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester” Episode 44

On friday, I was interviewed as the guest on a weekly TechNet podcast. In the hour long episode, we talk about Application Virtualization, and slide into some side subjects as well based on questions from the live audience. Check out the live meeting recording; there is no useful visuals, so you can listen in the background while being otherwise productive.…