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Microsoft Application Virtualization
Have you ever wanted to see what was captured in the App-V user or global PKG file?
For the last 4 years, on and off, I have been trying to build a tool to do just that. And for just as long I have been really close to having such a tool, but not close enough to release one. I …
The XenApp Publishing Extensions 2.0 are two tools that enable easy publication of applications to your XenApp 4.5 or 5.0 farm.
Once you have deployed App-V virtual applications to your XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 Farms, you will want to publish the shortcuts to users. This can be a slow and tedious process for App-V virtual applications when using the XenApp …
Peter gave me a “heads-up” on a couple of new optional things in the OSD that I had not been aware of. These are now added to the OSD Illustrated. Both are optional to support odd cases for 64-bit operating systems. Normally you don’t need these new parameters, even if you are running 32-bit apps on a 64-bit OS, …
When the App-V sequencer creates a GUID for the package that needs to be unique. If somehow two packages get the same GUID, you will run into an error at deployment and need to re-sequence.
In older releases, people would run into this issue if they took a VM snapshot with the sequencer up and running. Typically, they create the …
We finally made the decision and work is well under way. We will publish a book on App-V!
The book will be focused on being a reference for the App-V Client. We have a ton of material in the Companion Guides from our “Masters Level” App-V Training Classes that we do not really teach to so much as refer to …
[Note: This is an updated version on 1/6/2011 of the original 2/22/2010 post based on recent information provided by Microsoft on Branch Cache. See also this post: https://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=306 ]
While many of us have been waiting on the release of App-V 4.6 so that we …
| Note: This article is outdated and remains only for historical purposes. Licensing for App-V has changed over time, especially with the App-V client becoming part of the Client and Server OSs in Windows 10 and Server 2016. Licensing for App-V is now covered by a companies Enterprise or Education Agreement with |
February 8, 2010
AppV_DeployApp and AppV_PublishApp Tools released in conjuction with my DeepDiveDay presentation on the 12th. New method to deploy virtual applications.
Check out the whitepaper, video, and free download.…