App-V 4.6 |
App-V 5.0 |
Mount drive (Q:) on sequencer and client |
No mount drive on sequencer or client |
RTSPS, RTSP, HTTP, HTTPS and SMB streaming |
HTTP, HTTPS and SMB streaming |
.SFT package file format |
.APPV package file format |
.OSD |
.XML Dynamic Deployment/User Configuration |
Sfttray.exe for application launch |
Application .exe called directly |
Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC) |
Application Connection Groups (ACG) |
Shared Read Only Cache |
Shared Content Store |
SFTFS.FSD cache file |
Flat file structure in %ProgramData% |
Default isolation of applications |
Default isolation of application apart from Virtual Application Extensions |
Management Server MMC Console |
Management Server Silverlight web console |
Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 desktop OS support |
Windows 7 and 8 desktop OS support |
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 Server OS Support |
Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 Server OS Support |
SFTMIME/SFTTRAY commands on client and SFTSEQUENCER command line for sequencer |
PowerShell commands on client, sequencer and server |
Sftlog.txt and Event Log error reporting |
Event Log – Applications and Services Logs |
Non Optimised Streaming (Default) or Feature Block definition |
On Demand – Stream Faults Streaming(Default) or Feature Block definition |
Application reboot simulated by Sequencer |
Application reboot physically actioned during Sequencing |
User based targeting only (App-V Full Infrastructure) |
User and computer based targeting (App-V Full Infrastructure) |
Package upgrades deployed to all users |
Phased package upgrades |