A common troubleshooting task for the Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 client (App-V 5.0) is to investigate or modify a local package by opening a process inside the context of an App-V application.  This is also known as opening a process...

Just wanted to let you know about a new Knowledge Base article we published today that talks about using UE-V with Microsoft App-V. Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) supports Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) applications out...

  Here’s a quick heads up on an issue we ran into recently. When you open a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) app for active upgrade and make a minor change, it is possible that the application will fail to start the first time it is imported...

Just wanted to let you know about a new KB article we published today. This one is an App-V article that discusses an issue where if an application contains an OPC "relationship part" (.rels) file, the Microsoft App-V 5.0 sequencer fails to...

Ryan Cobb | Senior Premier Field Engineer Hi everyone, my name is Ryan Cobb and here are the steps required to install the App-V 5 Database and Management Server using the SQL scripts on the DB instead of the installation routine. ===== Background Environment...

Are you struggling to get scripting set up and working right in Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0? Whether you’re new to this or a seasoned 4.x veteran who needs help making the transition to scripting in v5, Microsoft's Steve Thomas has you covered...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that Microsoft’s own Thamim Karim (Premier Field Engineer) has just published part 4 of a blog series which goes “behind the scenes of App-V 5.0”. The posts uncover exactly how App-V integrates with the client...

As you may have seen, we announced that App-V 5.0 SP1 is now available as part of MDOP 2013 . In our many conversations at MMS a few weeks ago, we heard a lot of excitement around 5.0 SP1 as many of you are evaluating 5.0 alongside your 4.6 deployments...

Are you having trouble figuring out where to start when troubleshooting App-V sequencing and virtualization issues? Or maybe you’re looking for some tips from the pros on how they approach these types of issues? No matter where you’re coming from, Microsoft...

If you are looking for the MSI installer files for APP-V 5 SP1, you will need to manually extract them from the EXE files. Check out this post from Microsoft’s own Steve Thomas for details on how this is done: MDOP 2013 embeds APP-V MSI's inside of EXE...

Are you looking for information on how to integrate System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) with App-V v5? If so then Microsoft’s own Thamim Karim has you covered. You can read Thamim’s post on his blog here: http://blogs.technet...

Microsoft’s own Steve Thomas just posted a great article on launching apps inside the App-V v5 virtual environment: Back in 4.x, we pretty much had one of two ways to launch an application inside the virtual environment or “bubble” as it is often called...

The Microsoft Office 2010 Sequencing for App-V 5.0 is required for sequencing and deploying Office 2010 client products with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0. This kit does not include the components required for Office license activation...

If any of you virtualization fans use Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) then you might be interested in the KB article we just published. This one talks about support for Office and the topics covered include: Microsoft Office support in...

Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 (App-V 5.0) Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available. This service pack provides the latest updates to Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0. Additionally, this service pack includes some improvements. For all...

Curious what’s new with App-V and UE-V? Stephen Rose from our Springboard Series Blog can help fill you in: What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1 and User Experience Virtualization 1.0 SP1 - http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive...

Just wanted to let you know about a couple Package Accelerators that are now available for App-V v5. They’re both for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, the only difference being that one is for Windows 7 clients and the other for Windows 8. You...

This document contains a list of known issues with App-V 5.0 Office 2010 packages built using the recipe for sequencing an integrated Office 2010 package published at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2830069 . Some of the listed issues also include workarounds...

This document describes one method that you can use to sequence Microsoft Office 2010 for use with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0. To sequence Office 2010 by leveraging the Package Accelerators issued by Microsoft, check here: Microsoft...

This hotfix package addresses the following issues: Issue 1 When you try to run Sample Manager on Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0, the Sample Manager is blocked from reading data from the following path: %AppData%\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files...

  Hi all! This is Vladimir from the App-V team and today I wanted to give you a quick tip on how you can virtualize PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010 using Microsoft App-V. I recently worked an issue where we were trying to virtualize the Microsoft...

Hello everyone, John Behneman here, and in today’s post I wanted to pass along a tip that might come in handy as you prepare for App-V v5. I recently worked with a customer who had multiple corrupt App-V 4.6 SP1 RDS Client installs that were failing to...

Looking for the best resources for your App-V v5 migration or deployment? If so then Microsoft’s very own Steve Thomas has amassed a veritable salad of links and information that I’m sure you'll find invaluable in making your App-V 5.0 rollout a success...

If you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 with App-V then you might want to take a look at this new KB we published. It’s a hotfix that addresses a situation where you may see a memory leak when you use an App-V package that contains icons....

Hello everyone, John Behneman here, and today I wanted to tell you about an interesting App-V issue I ran into the other day and what we did to fix it. What happened was that the Microsoft Application Virtualization client service failed to start and...