In our App-V Masters Level Training Classes we invite students to bring in some of their own “interesting” applications to sequence. While the class includes labs that use standard apps highlight certain aspects of sequencing, we try to leave time for students to sequence without a script in front of themselves – we find that students learn the lessons the …
App-V & Installing to the (Q:\) Asset Folder or Not: a 4.6 Sp1 Bug Uncovered
App-V: Installing to the (Q:\) Asset Folder or Not
| NOTE: The issue with the 4.6 SP1 sequencer that is identified in this article appears to have been fixed when sequencing using the 4.6 SP1 HF3 sequencer. |
The “Best Practices” for sequencing applications with App-V, and SoftGrid before it, have always included installing the application to the “asset folder” (sometimes referred …
White Paper: Perceived Performance Reloaded
| Today I posted a new whitepaper associated with the Perceived Performance presentation I made at BriForum London yesterday. We had a great session with a diverse eupoean crowd in attendance.I wish I had another name for this than a “white paper”, because most of what we see in white papers today are just blatant product pitches with a technical description. |
BriForum Preview Video
Again this year I will be speaking again at Briforum, but this time there are two of them. The first will be in London, England on May 10-11th, and the second in Chicago here in the US July 18-20th. We decided to have some fun this year and make a video teaser for my session. So here it is!…
AppV_DeployNPublish 2.0.1 for App-V 4.6 SP1
When Microsoft release App-V 4.6 Sp1, which was all about the new sequencer, they also quietly put out an updated client. You don’t need the updated client to use SP1 sequenced packages, but it is an option. Supposedly the client was mostly about rolling up hotfixes, but we know that there must be changes to support the upcoming SCCM 2012 …
App-V 4.6 SP1: Saga of the duplicate GUID (continued)
We held our first training class on Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 last week in Malmo, Sweden. During the class, we ran into an “old friend” that entered the room using a new disguise. Although we thought he died, our friend the duplicate GUID still lives on. To explain…
When application packages are sequenced with App-V, a package GUID (Globally Unique …
SCCM 2012 Beta 2 with App-V First Look
Microsoft made Beta 2 of SCCM 2012 available last week. Because I do a lot with App-V, I needed to get this up and running in my lab. This is a “first look” report. SCCM 2012, which is anticipated to be released in the 4th quarter of 2011, is a major overhaul of the product.
I’m not much of an …
AppV_DeployNPublish 2.0 Released
Version 2 of the AppV_DeployNPublish tools has been released. These free tools were designed to allow for deployment of App-V virtualized applications without a back-end infrastructure. In addition, these have become the standard way to quickly test newly sequenced applications.
Version 2 incorporates feedback received in the first release, especially around the command line interface options. More importantly, it includes …