With the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer, Project Templates are a much easier to use feature that can save companies time sequencing and testing their packages. Using Project Templates as a basis for sequencing virtually eliminates misconfiguration related deployment...

The Command Line Sequencer, or CLI, has been improved with the App-V 4.6 SP1 release of the Sequencer. The Sequencer now has the ability to define Feature Block 1, create Package Accelerators, and create packages from Package Accelerators. The CLI is...

I know this isn’t App-V specific but I thought you might want to know about a great training opportunity we have coming up at the end of the month for Office 365.  On May 24th through 26th Microsoft Learning is hosting a free 3-day Jump Start tailored...

This article describes a hotfix package that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and that is dated April 2011. Issues that are resolved by this hotfix package The initial query of the...

Last week we published a couple posts that covered creating Package Accelerators and how to create them with the GUI interface, and today we’re going to build on that by showing you how to do the same thing using the Command Line Interface (CLI). ...

Yesterday we talked about what App-V Package Accelerators were and how the process worked, and today we’re going to continue that theme and show how Package Accelerators are vehicles for sharing within the App-V community. We’ll even walk through a couple...

What are Package Accelerators? Package Accelerators support the “Predictable Packaging” pillar of the new App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer. Package Accelerators allow users to sequence easily and automatically large, complex application packages.  Instead...

Symptoms The information below describes how to use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to determine whether The Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V is installed prior to sending the Office 2010 virtual package. This is a good practice...

Yesterday we released Part 1 in this series, and now in Part 2 we will look at the Automated Best Practices throughout the new App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer. In Part 1, Problem Notification features were addressed, which are also an important part of Automated...

In previous versions of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer, there was little to no built-in guidance from the Sequencer around potential problems or following best practices. With the new Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer, automated...

Just a quick FYI on a great article written by our very own Michael Kleef.  If you’re seeing Error Code: 0000C824 in the Management console then you’ll want to check this out.  Keep in mind that this applies to any MMC that’s acting up, not...

This hotfix package addresses the following issues: When you try to load a package and there is insufficient space in the Application Virtualization cache, you receive a "0A-0000E01E" error. You try to perform a publishing refresh operation...

Just a quick heads up on a new Microsoft Application Virtualization Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one shows you how to upgrade the Microsoft App-V client from 4.5 to 4.6 silently using an ESD: ===== In order to retain the current...

Here’s another article written by Microsoft Partner and MVP Leandro E. Carvalho that’s over in the TechNet Wiki. This one talks about managing and installing Microsoft Application Virtualization packages: After the sequencing process of applications through...

I’m Chris Green, Program Manager on the App-V team. I first joined Microsoft in June, 2009 and I was immediately assigned to the beginnings of a project that I would see right through to its release. That project was to make improvements to a component...

Microsoft MVP Leandro E. Carvalho been busy over in the TechNet Wiki , creating lots of articles on all kinds of Microsoft virtualization technologies.  This one walks you through installing the App-V Sequencer and Sequencing an app (making the virtualization...

Here’s another article written by Microsoft MVP Leandro E. Carvalho that’s over in the TechNet Wiki. This one walks you through installing the App-V Management Server and getting it all set up for streaming: The System Center Application...

New to Microsoft App-V or just wondering what all the buzz is about? If so then head over to the TechNet Wiki and check out the great intro written by Microsoft MVP Leandro E. Carvalho: There is a solution provided by the MDOP package called Microsoft...

Ever since Windows Phone 7 was launched late last year there’s been a growing buzz surrounding Microsoft’s new phone OS, and with the recent announcement that the Windows Phone Marketplace had surpassed 10,000 apps in those 4-5 months and was growing...

These Microsoft App-V Package Accelerators help you quickly and easily create an App-V virtual application package for various software packages, all by simply clicking through a Wizard and answering a couple questions. By following the Wizard in the...

This guide is intended to provide some general troubleshooting tips and tricks in regards to issues you might experience with App-V Management Servers 4.5 and SQL 2005/2008. When the App-V Management Server notices issues towards the SQL Datastore, in...

Now that App-V 4.6 SP1 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 Application...

Today we announced the general availability of MDOP 2011, which includes among other things the long awaited App-V 4.6 SP1!  So what’s new in this release?  Well here are couple bullets announced by Gavriella Schuster over on the Windows for...

Just a quick heads up on a new Microsoft Application Virtualization Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one is a guide that walks you through sequencing .NET 4.0 with App-V 4.6 SP1: Summary The steps in this document describe one method...

We have recently encountered an odd issue with a few customers who were deploying Office 2010 via Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) and the Office Deployment kit for App-V. Whenever they would launch an application such as Excel they would...