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  • Blog Post: Application Virtualization Explorer – Released

    I have been meaning to blog about this for ages. Kalle released me a version of AVE in alpha and again in Beta, and i just never got around to finishing my blog post on it……  :o( The tool however is fab! I as well as a number of my community buddies have been loving this tool and how its been working...
    on6 May 2010

  • Blog Post: Sequencing Microsoft Desktop Player

    I try and sequence everything on my machine…. from Live Writer (my blogging tool of choice) to Office 2010 to the simple things like tools etc …. one day i will have to do a sftmime /query obj:app /short and publish my lonnnnng list of apps. I think sequencing applications just makes my life easier when...
    on7 Apr 2010

  • Blog Post: AppPlus and OSDPlus

    dear me! i just cant keep up with all these new fantastic little tools that are being developed around little old app-v! The latest in a line of tools are from Duncan Murdoch who is developing OSD+. AppPlus has just announced a beta program. It is designed to allow the App-V community to trial the functionality...
    on30 Mar 2010

  • Blog Post: Upgrades to Lib-V and SFT Encoder

    I always enjoying hearing from our MVPs. They are some of our greatest assets for developing app-v and making your lives easier when moving to an app-v infrastructure. Kalle pinged me the other day (last monday to be exact!) to let me know that he had upgraded the versions of Lib-V (SFT encoding/decoding...
    on30 Mar 2010

  • Blog Post: Making Applications Compatible with Windows 7 in a Virtualized Environment

    I must visit and meet 1000’s of different customers over the course of a calendar year. I spend alot of that time discussing App-V and in these discussions around app-v i have a number of discussions around moving/migrating operating systems. On top of these discussions I end up talking about the Microsoft...
    on21 Mar 2010

  • Blog Post: New Free App-V Self Support Tool (and how to make friends at the helpdesk)

    I stumbled across this on Brian Maddens Forum the other day and it looks pretty darn handy! --------- When you deploy App-V applications on laptops and pc, you will get a lot of helpdesk calls. While App-V is a mature application virtualization solution, it is interesting to see that a simple design...
    on20 Jan 2010

  • Blog Post: Do I need to re-sequence my applications when I move to a new OS?

    Peter Ballantyne pinged me yesterday to say “have a look at this post” ….. and its a question that comes up over and over and over. So it was great to see a support statement come out from the App-V product team and sequenced apps being moved to a newer OS to help clarify the support stance. -------...
    on15 Dec 2009

  • Blog Post: Immidio AppScriber 2.0

    Rodney emailed me today about a tool that he has been working on with a company called Immidio called “ Appscriber ”, I think i posted about this in the past about v1 of Appscriber. Appscriber is a self service portal for applications. In Rodney's own words: Version 2.0 of AppScriber now finally adds...
    on10 Dec 2009

  • Blog Post: App-V and support for applications with custom shell extensions

    Over on the App-V Blog jim wrote a really handy little piece around shell extensions and App-V which links into a number of the conversations that i have had this week. I think that this is important to note and highlight as it keeps coming up in conversation! ------------------- Microsoft Application...
    on9 Dec 2009

  • Blog Post: Integrating Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced with Microsoft App-V

    I have been working in Amsterdam this week and assisting a number of customers! its been great fun as i have had the pleasure of Madelinde Walraven shadowing me on my adventures. Well to add to my fun week I met up with a couple of our App-V MVPs, Rodney Medina and Ment van der Plas for dinner. We had...
    on29 Oct 2009

  • Blog Post: SFT-Encoder Update

    Well i got an unexpected email from Kalle today after i posted about his SFT-Encoder tool . Because of the post he wanted to give all readers of the Virtual World blog 25% discount to SFT Encoder Enterprise Edition if purchased by Friday 9th October. The code is: ZARBIEROCKS! and it must be entered into...
    on1 Oct 2009

  • Blog Post: SFT-Encoder

    Brilliant! I wanted to get your attention right from the go! There are some tools which you tend to use from time to time and some tools which you grow into and just cant live without. SFT-Encoder has all of a sudden become the latter for me and some of my App-V Usage. Its funny as when Kalle first...
    on29 Sep 2009

  • Blog Post: Example of using the SFT File Format

    The Other day I posted around the SFT File Format . Well I wanted to also expand on some great work that some people in the field have done. For example Kalle Saunamaki has done lots of work around SFT file format and using .NET language, and if you need a helping hand in getting to grips with the format...
    on27 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Builds a School for the Future in the UK

    One of the things that I am passionate about is the development of the community and the use of technology to help people. If I have ever been onsite with you, you may have heard me talk about some charity work that I spend a significant amount of my out of Microsoft time developing! Well a really cool...
    on20 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: Getting to Grips with the App-V Client Log Parser Utility (Launch Times)

    Understanding your application Launch Times is a powerful thing to understand. It keeps you in touch with what your actual end users go through when launching applications. When your client log file is set to informational logging, which it should be by default; This will gather some great information...
    on20 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: Getting to Grips with the App-V Client Log Parser Utility (Error Codes)

    I have been working with lots of customers to try and help them better aid there selves when it comes to client errors and error codes? It can be very difficult for some people to really understand what the errors are and what are the common trends in my organisation. The App-V client log parser gives...
    on20 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: Getting to Grip with the App-V Server Log File (sft-server.log)

    Now I have been chatting with Aaron Parker about doing this blog entry for weeks and just never found the time to do this, well with the Easter weekend upon us and a workshop for which I need to complete a section on Log File analysis this seemed a good time to do it! The Server Log file has so much...
    on10 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: SoftBar……

    Aaron came over and told me about a new little freeware tool that can help assist you in app-v http://www.jagtechnical.com/softbar/   I have not yet had a chance to play with the tool but I thought it would be interesting to let people know. Again this is not a Microsoft Tool and therefore no support...
    on3 Mar 2009

  • Blog Post: Merge and Override Settings for the Virtual Registry and File System in the App-V Sequencer

    You can either merge or override file directories or registry keys in an App-V/SoftGrid package with the App-V/SoftGrid Client OS using the following Sequencer check boxes: Virtual Registry 1. Override Local Key 2. Merge with Local Key - You can also choose to ignore the hosting system’s keys by selecting...
    on26 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: SFT Encoder Express Edition : The Simple App-V Package Encoder

    My Buddy Kalle Saunamäki pinged me earlier today and let me know that he has released a new tool for SFT Encoding packaging. I have not tested the tool yet but will certainly be playing around with it later tonight. The tool looks really interesting as it looks like a new way to package? Will certainly...
    on19 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: App-V & SoftGrid - Three Errors When Virtualizing GroupWise

    I was chatting to Madelinde Walraven (who is one of the legends in the GTSC EMEA). She was telling me about a case that she had been working on around a customer sequencing group wise and having a number of errors! She found a great solutions with some peers. I thought this sounds cool and asked her...
    on19 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: Nortel Application Switch / Alteon and configuring for Load Balancing with SoftGrid

    Well this week I have been up in bonny Scotland assisting a customer and having a merry old time. One of the issues that came up was how they could configure there Alteon’s to successfully load balance softgrid virtual application servers. Originally this was not being successful in any DCRefresh attempts...
    on14 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization

    Gene pinged me the other day about a cool little video up on channel 9! Its a really cool deep dive into App-V that John did. Here’s a good overview of our Application Virtualization product our Architect, John Sheehan, presented a few weeks ago. Here, John Sheehan, the primary architect of SoftGrid...
    on16 Jul 2008

  • Blog Post: Have a look at your Database!

    A really handy thing that I tend to do is review the database of the Softgrid 4.x deployment. The SoftGrid Database has a number of vital information. This information allows us to understand certain server configuration issues and the potential for client side problems. To gather this information we...
    on11 Jun 2008

  • Blog Post: SFT Explorer 1.4 – Now Available

    As always my boy Kalle got busy and updated the SFT Explorer tool. Get the update now! SFT Explorer, version 1.4 - As MSI package SFT Explorer, version 1.4 - As SoftGrid package SFT Explorer, version 1.4 - As ZIP package SFT Explorer features: Loads quickly SFT files - even slightly broken ones View...
    on15 May 2008
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