Today I’d like to share with you the immediate availability of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) for use with the Windows 7 Beta and more roadmap information around App-V 4.6 . We’ve been listening to customers who want to see us support...

I am happy to announce that the MDOP 2011 R2 is generally available today and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Volume Licensing website, MSDN and TechNet . This version of MDOP includes Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) which...

As part of our promise to maximize productivity, manageability and TCO for enterprise desktops, we are excited to announce our new version of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) , available for purchase to Software Assurance customers. MDOP 2009...

Just a week after my colleague Shanen Boettcher wrote about virtualization and its role in the Optimized Desktop, specifically announcing the RTM of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, commonly called “App-V”, I’m proud to let you know that the...

I'm relaying the following post on behalf of my colleague Shanen Boettcher, General Manager of Windows Product Management for the enterprise: We’ve talked several times, most recently in May , and earlier in January , about our vision for the Optimized...

I just returned from Las Vegas, where, this morning I attended Brad Anderson’s keynote address at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) where he announced the beta release of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM). It was great...

Today, I am happy to announce immediate availability of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 Beta. At TechEd EMEA we announced our commitment to ship the next version of App-V in H1 2010. In March of this year, as part of the MDOP 2009 launch...

As announced on the Windows for your Business blog , Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6, including App-V for RDS, is now publicly available as part of MDOP 2010!!! In addition, MED-V 1.0 SP1 RC for Windows 7 is now available! App-V 4...

A message from my colleague, Ran Oelgiesser, Senior Product Manager for MED-V: In May 2008, Microsoft closed the acquisition of the desktop virtualization vendor Kidaro, which soon became Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) – the...

Hello, I’m Dave Trupkin, Senior Product Manager for App-V and MED-V, the two Desktop Virtualization products in MDOP. Today is a very special day for everyone on the MDOP team here at Microsoft, and especially those who work on App-V and MED-V....

We are pleased to announce that the beta versions of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 and a new MDOP product Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) are now available for download from Microsoft Connect. UE-V is an enterprise...

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This morning on the Windows for your Business blog , we announced a new product that will come to MDOP in a future release called Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM). MBAM will be available through the Microsoft Desktop Optimization...

Today, we are happy to announce that the DaRT 8 beta has been released for public download. For more detailed information on this announcement, please read the recent Windows for Your Business Blog and Springboard Series Blog . This is a public...

Today I am excited to announce that Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2009 R2 will be released in late October 2009 and will add Windows 7 support for all components, except for MED-V. Server and management components will support Windows 2008...

I mentioned last week that we would have some announcements posted to the blog. Well, as you heard today at TechEd IT Pro in Barcelona, Spain - Application Virtualization (App-V) will support 64-bit applications and platforms in H1 2010, with TAP availability...

Hello from TechEd EMEA in sunny Barcelona! Sean Donahue from the App-V Partner Program has been working hard to create strong partnerships with various ISVs to create add-on solutions for App-V to meet your business needs. This marks a significant (and...

Hi there! This is Karri Alexion-Tiernan, I’m a Product Manager on the MDOP team focused on Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) and I plan to start blogging to the community about the great things we are doing! I’ve been in the Enterprise Management...

Today at MMS, we annouced that we will release a new version of the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT). DaRT 7 will be part of MDOP and will be released in Q3 of calendar year 2011. DaRT 7 is the next generation of this popular product that is...

Hi, I’m Dave Trupkin, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), the two desktop virtualization components of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). ...

Yesterday I shared the new whitepapers that we recently posted to the App-V TechCenter , today I want to share the great tools that are now available for App-V. These are great resources to help you deploy and manage your App-V environment. Take a look...

We are happy to say that all MDOP 2008 R2 components due for general release in October are now available for customers to download! You can download MDOP 2008 R2 here: https://licensing.microsoft.com . As we blogged previously, one part of this release...

The MDOP PMG has been busy, and there’s no sign of us slowing down. Here’s some recent coverage of our activities, as well as a heads up on our upcoming events. Enjoy! MDOP In The Spotlight: The MDOP team made quite a splash at the Microsoft Tech...

Last week was a crazy week and the number of partners with App-V stories has been phenomenal, especially when compared to this time last year. As I was making way out of the Convention Center I saw Paul Schnell, CTO of App-DNA . I didn't get to post this...

As we blogged last time, AIS 1.5 was to be made available to customers in November. The Microsoft Asset Inventory Service (AIS) team is excited to announce that AIS 1.5 is ready ahead of schedule and is available to existing users starting today. AIS...