By default the App-V Management Server service is configured to run as the Network Service, but what if your company has a policy that requires the use of Service Accounts rather than running services as "Network Service" or "Local System...

As the popularity of Microsoft SoftGrid/App-V continues to accelerate at a record pace, it seems that there's an ever-increasing number of folks who are new to SoftGrid and anxious to jump right in and stream their first virtual app.  While overall...

Should I run anti-virus software when I sequence applications or should I not? That's a question we hear all the time. And no wonder, since we mention in our sequencing best practices that our recommendation is to disable all anti-virus and malware detection...

One of the major advantages SoftGrid has over some other virtualization technologies is the ability to deploy applications based on user or group membership.  Sure, if you've ever had to deploy applications the old fashioned way then you already...

A big advantage to SoftGrid or App-V is that you can run it on a Terminal Server - something some lesser application virtualization products don't do.  Being able to run on Terminal Server offers several critical advantages but it also leads to a...

This isn't necessarily SoftGrid or App-V specific but since it's virtualization related I figured you would want to be aware of this, especially since it involves changes to our support policy.  My own personal one line summary would be that if you...

This useful tip on moving to a new domain comes from Paul Freitas, one of our top gun support engineers out in Charlotte, North Carolina: ======== Say a SoftGrid Server is running in a production environment and the domain in which it operates is being...

Have you ever seen one of those blogs where all the writer does is post about posts on other people's blogs?  Well that's not my goal here, although for the 2nd day in a row I'm going to have to poach something from Justin Zarb and his world famous...

A SQL Database issue that we have seen in the field with SoftGrid 4.1 Servers is the SoftGrid SQL database growing very large and reaching a point where the SoftGrid server becomes sluggish and starts showing signs of intermittent connectivity problems...

A couple of you seemed to like my recipe for sequencing Office 2007 and asked if I would do one on upgrading the package to SP1 so here it is. I used Active Upgrade and tried capturing most of the steps in as much detail as I could. I hope you like it...

Here's a great tip from Jason Alanis, a real life SoftGrid support engineer in Texas.  While we don't see this terribly often it can be confusing when you run into it. ======== Issue: When a virtualized application was streamed to a client, the client...

I was cruising the web this morning, just seeing what was new today, and when I stopped by Justin Zarb's Virtual World blog I see that he and a couple of his mates have managed to put together a pretty cool sounding user group for Microsoft virtualization...

Ed has asked if a few of us could help out with his survey by posting a link to it here. I'm happy to oblige: Greetings Blog Readers, My name is Ed Jolly, and I am a director in the Commercial Technical Support (CTS) organization at Microsoft...

Do you ever have trouble finding that exact piece of information you're looking for on Microsoft.com?  Did you know there are over 50 million pages on our site?  I didn't either to be honest, but even the best of us can be overwhelmed with the...

I had to put together an Excel 2003 package for another project so with all the questions we get about sequencing Office and the various applications it contains, I thought it might be a good idea to document this in case anyone else wanted to use it...

Last I week I posted my recipe for sequencing Office 2007 (including the DOC file ) and thanks to some great feedback from you readers it's already time for version 2.  The changes in v2 include: Sequencing to an 8.3 name on Q: Installing to the...

OK, I know this has nothing to do with SoftGrid or App-V but with the Olympics starting tomorrow I thought some of you might be interested in this.  I love watching the Olympics and the fact that NBC's site is running some really cool Microsoft tech...