Here's an interesting issue that you may run into when trying to use redirection with MED-V 1.0. You may find that you are unable to get web redirection working inside a MED-V Workspace from either host-to-guest or guest-to-host. This can happen if...

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). Today I...

Hi everyone, Steve Thomas here and I wanted to take a minute to talk about understanding and troubleshooting MED-V v2 URL redirection.  One of the most important reasons for deploying MED-V v2 is for legacy Internet Explorer browser compatibility...

You can easily join your VM to a specific domain using the following steps: Note: VM has to be installed with Windows XP that has VLK (Volume License Key), Retail/MSDN/OEM Installations will not work. Step 1: SID creation This step is relevant when you...

MED-V leverages virtual machines and guest operating systems to provide seamless integration for legacy applications, and the seamless integration of these applications into the host desktop is proving to be an excellent way of resolving application compatibility...

This article describes one method that you can use to deploy the MED-V client using SMS/SCCM. The method that is described in this article is not the only method that is available. Additionally, you may have to modify the information in this article as...

Whether you need to demonstrate MED-V in proof-of-concept situation for an application compatibility scenario or testing in an offline or development setting, gaining access to multiple machines may be challenging. Having a portable mechanism for testing...

This post describes how to install and configure MED-V server and IIS server (ver. 7.0) for Microsoft Server 2008. 1. Configuration of Internet Information Services (IIS) 1.1 IIS Installation Verify that the Host Server is logged onto the Domain Go to...

If you need to copy files into the workspace we recommend you use the File Transfer Utility. The File Transfer Utility can be used to copy files or folders from the Workspace to the host and vice versa. This tool is essential when trying to get files...

For MED-V V1, we made the following recommendations for MED-V workspaces running in NAT Mode (using VPC Shared Networking.) The article is found here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/medv/archive/2010/10/20/additional-recommendations-when-using-med-v-workspaces...

Today we announced the general availability of MDOP 2011, which includes among other things the long awaited MED-V 2.0!  So what’s new in this release?  Well, lots really.  According to Gavriella Schuster over on the Windows for your Business...

If you’ve been waiting for the official, authoritative guide for the deployment of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 2.0 (MED-V v2) then wait no more, for Microsoft’s own Tim Crabb , David Trupkin , and Jeff Gilbert just published one of the...

Over the past week or so I've been posting links to the eight videos in our series on MED-V but I thought it would be nice if you could go to one place and get links to all of them so I've included those below. The Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization...

Now that MED-V 2.0 is released we decided to publish a couple KB articles to give you a heads up on some issues we saw during the beta. Most of these are just FYIs and configuration related scenarios but if you’re rolling out Microsoft Enterprise Desktop...

The Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) documentation library has recently been published to TechNet! This is the first time that MED-V documentation has been made available online and you can now see the newly published MED-V Planning...

The TrimTransfer process in MED-V requires an initial host index process to run on the MED-V client in order to build a host index. This index is what is compared to the *.CKM.INDEX file that is included with the Packed Image that is uploaded to the MED...

In a previous blog article, I wrote about the differences between NAT and Bridged Mode in MED-V v2. The differences between the two were discussed in detail. You can find the article here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/medv/archive/2011/11/03/nat-mode...

The Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) video series is designed to help IT professionals wishing to learn more about the administrative and management tasks in MED-V. This series provides step-by-step guidance around common tasks that...

Here are some common errors related to IIS and BITS that you may encounter when uploading and downloading images from an image distribution server.   1. When you attempt to upload a packed image to an image distribution server within the MED-V management...

We published the following new Knowledge Base article/update today that’s primarily to address localization but note that there are a couple additional fixes that it includes: ===== Summary This update for MED-V 2.0 provides the capability for localized...

Are you new to MED-V or just wanting to brush up on some best practices?  If so we have a great video for you.  This one is titled Preparing a MED-V Image and it walks you through all the steps and prerequisites needed for the creation and preparation...

There has been a significant amount of buzz and hot discussion regarding the forthcoming Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 and how it will relate to future versions of MED-V.  The Windows Team recently posted a blog post regarding the integration of MED...

Printing in MED-V is pretty straight forward. You have two options for printing from MED-V workspaces: Printing from within the guest operating system and redirecting guest operating system printer output to the host printer subsystem (local printer redirection...

The following are some of the errors you may encounter when attempting to join a domain using the VM Setup script for Persistent MED-V Workspaces. This process is referred to as FTS (First-Time-Setup.) All of these fall under Event ID 49 which reflects...

In the migration to Windows 7 you may find applications that aren’t compatible, still require Internet Explorer 6, or cannot be fixed by traditional methods. MED-V can help you remove these deployment barriers. Whether you are working on your Windows...