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  • Blog Post: App-V 5.0 Sequencer - Package Streaming Optimisation

    With the App-V 5.0 Sequencer we have three options for optimising how our packages stream to our clients: Click Next In previous versions of App-V this would lump everything into one feature block so the whole package had to be download before launch. Now this does something completely different...
    on27 Feb 2013

  • Blog Post: App-V 5.0 – Convert Legacy Packages to the new file format

    Hi all, In a previous post we showed how easy it is to test App-V legacy packages, now we’re going to convert automatically these packages to the new App-V 5.0 format. http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualworld/archive/2012/10/24/app-v-5-0-legacy-package-conversion-report-creation.aspx To complete this...
    on26 Oct 2012

  • Blog Post: KB: Allowing applications running inside an App-V Virtual Environment (VE) to read from or write to the native registry

    Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one explains how to allow applications running inside an App-V Virtual Environment to read from or write to the native registry on a client. ===== Summary The purpose of this document is to describe ...read more
    on6 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: How to specify the version of Visio that is launched by an App-V client

    There seems to be some confusion surrounding the licensing model used by Microsoft Visio and how it affects App-V deployments of Visio packages so I wanted to take a minute and see if I could clear this up a little bit. The licensing model used by Visio ...read more
    on27 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: KB: Changes to an App-V application are not included when deployed using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

    Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where changes to an App-V package may not get delivered when the app is deployed using ConfigMgr 2012. ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You create a Microsoft ...read more
    on7 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Introducing the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer

    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 ...read more
    on6 Apr 2011

  • 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: Attachmate Reflections Sequencing Guide

    One of my good buddies Travis Guinn ping us the other day with the simple subject line : A Good Sign! And that it was … i love seeing ISVs knowing that App-V is in demand, and there customers want clear guidance from them on how to sequence an application. So when Travis pinged me and said hey look Attachmate...
    on21 Mar 2010

  • Blog Post: Candidates for Virtualization

    I have felt like i have written the same email about applications that are not suitable candidates for virtualization in App-V more than a dozen times over the past week. And I wanted to throw up a table that i tend to use to help highlight some of these. I often use the MSIT case study as a great...
    on8 Dec 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: Recipes and Step-By-Steps

    Recipes or Step-By-Steps for sequencing are one of the most important things that you can do when sequencing applications. This will help you so much in the long run. We go to many customer sites where they just forget or don’t know what's gone into the sequence to get it working OR how they even get...
    on1 Sep 2008

  • Blog Post: SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2 Availability

    So here we are! That update time again! Hot Fix Rollup 2 for Softgrid 4.1 and 4.2 has been released! I am pleased to announce public availability of SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2. This cumulative update for SoftGrid v4.1 SP1 and v4.2 provides the latest updates to SoftGrid. In addition to stability...
    on19 Feb 2008

  • Blog Post: MCS Sequencing Guidelines

    So the team has just published the MCS Sequencing guide ! Which is really handy for newbies and re-enforces concept to all the old heads :o) for sequencing. All of us have added one bit or another to the guide so it use to be a helpful internal tool to help people ........ Now its yours :o) --------...
    on7 Feb 2008

  • Blog Post: SFT Explorer 1.2 (Updated)

    Quick Post to just let everyone know that Kalle has updated the SFT Explorer tool to version 1.2. This now shows the deleted registry keys from a sequenced application! Very handy when trying to troubleshoot or understand the reg keys that are in the virtual registry. As always brilliant to use and Brilliant...
    on21 Jan 2008

  • Blog Post: Virtual Internet Explorers Virtual Homepage

    The question came up the other day where someone was having a problem with Internet Explorer . Their sequenced version of Internet Explorer (which was being pulled into the package) was not using there default web/homepage rather than the one set within the virtual environment. Well what was happening...
    on17 Dec 2007

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Application Virtualization: Sequencing Adobe CS3

    J.C put up a handy post on the step by step configuration process for Adobe CS3...... you should know this one as it has been spoken about a few times.... see; http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/archive/2007/09/23/error-53256-sequencing-adobe-cs3.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/archive...
    on3 Dec 2007

  • Blog Post: A really handy tool! Windows Server 2008 App Logo Tool

    So I am sitting across from Steve Bell on the "Windows Server 2008 Software Logo Program and Application Compatibility" stand (I know, long name!). Steve is a Senior Product Manager for Logo and Application Compatibility. Steve and I have had long discussions around the tool and I will be writing a series...
    on15 Nov 2007

  • Blog Post: Adobe CS3 Error 53256 - UTF-8 or ANSI FileInfo.dll

    From Brussels to Newcastle! And I have been back to my roots working on Active Directory Projects! However it has not stop me from keeping an eye out for some good information. Adobe CS3 sequencing has been an interesting and active topic out there in sequencing world. All the team have been looking...
    on26 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: Error When Sequencing Excel 2007

    Bob put a post up on the SG team blog which is a nice post, he has spotted some errors on sequencing Excel 2007. Its a handy FYI post and to be aware of so keep this in the back pocket!! ---------------------- Here's a problem I ran into a few days ago that I thought was kind of interesting. In case...
    on16 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: Getting to the root of the 8.3 Root

    An interesting conversation came up in the lunch room today that I thought deserved a good blog for clarification. As you may well be aware, one of the “best practices” for Sequencing an application is to have the application install itself during the monitoring phase to an 8.3 directory on the Q:\ drive...
    on4 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: Error 53256 Sequencing Adobe CS3

    You can tell I am playing catch up on posting .... I have been out on site all week with v little access to the Internet (can you believe that!). So there have been a few threads on the SoftGrid Technet forum on Adobe CS3. Well J.C got some great info and posted it up! I need to give it a shoot myself...
    on22 Sep 2007

  • Blog Post: Advanced Sequencing techniques – Part 2

    So I am currently in Prague in Europe, and gaining Internet access has been very very tuff! I finally found a very little cafe with an access point so I can blog a great post. Sean emailed J.C and I the next installment of his advanced sequencing techniques! Advanced Sequencing Topics - Part 1 ...
    on19 Sep 2007

  • Blog Post: Advanced Sequencing Topics - Part 1

    Sean Donahue has started a great new series of posts that you will be seeing! They are called "Advanced Sequencing". The posts aims to help gain greater understanding of the steps required to sequence products. ---------------------------------------------------- In response to a recent post on...
    on12 Sep 2007

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Unveils Plans for the MSI Utility for Microsoft Virtualization at VMworld

    Now I am so glad that this is announced. As I am very excited to talk about this product and the benefits we are all going to have at using it. Chad posted on the SoftGrid Blog today and a news article when up from the announcement at VMWord. Microsoft unveiled the plans for its new application virtualization...
    on11 Sep 2007
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