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The World Simplified is a Virtual World
SFT Explorer 1.3 (Updated)
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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Ow ow ow now this is cool! My boy Kalle got busy and updated the SFT Explorer tool to now handle DSC (Dynamic Suite Composition) ....... this can be brilliant when you want to look or pre plan for how a package may look when a primary and secondary application...
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SoftGrid Public KBs from January 2008
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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Now I think I have finally catch up on the Kbs! January had some interesting release with the Visual Studio Sequence guide being released! This is always handy! FIX: You cannot use Microsoft SoftGrid to virtualize Visual Studio 2005 http://support.microsoft...
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Working Together - Application Virtualization from Citrix & Microsoft
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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There must have been some love in the air when Tim Graf wrote his post on the two companies Microsoft and Citrix working together! The fact that it was valentines day added some sentiment! -------------------- Since the acquisition of Softricity by Microsoft...
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Application Streaming and SoftGrid - dual mode
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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The was another great post up on the Citrix site that I really wanted to share that Joe Nord wrote up . It was specifically around using SoftGrid and Citrix Application Streaming. Its great to see so many from Citrix enjoying SoftGrid as a complementary...
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MSDN & TechNet get a make over
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over 5 years ago
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awbennett
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Its been some time coming, however I think the new look really works. What do you think of MSDN and or TechNet ? Let me know?
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Managing VMware with SCVMM
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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Cheng posted a great post around managing VMWare with SCVMM Why should I use VMM to manage my VMware? In Rakesh's post , he talked extensively on why we decided to manage VMware. From customer value prop point of view, I just wanted to highlight one of...
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Network Monitor Beta
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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The networks monitoring team announcement the new beta of netmon. I use this tool frequently when troubleshooting dcrefresh issues and streaming problems that customers have. So when I saw the new beta, Just had to let you all know. Plus using the PID...
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Using the Hyper-V Integration Components in WinPE – Mike Sterling
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over 5 years ago
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awbennett
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I stumbled on this great article from Mike Sterling awesome stuff. In addition to his blog which itself is a great read :) enjoy. The new architecture of synthetic devices with Hyper-V poses some unique challenges for system administrators. Specifically...
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Beta 4.5 - John Sheehan / Microsoft App-V 4.5 Features
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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I stumbled across this today! Its a cool little video of John Sheehan TechEd giving a break down of all the great 4.5 Beta Features! If you have never had the time to play with 4.5 than this Video may suite you better as it gives you a great overview...
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Interesting developments over at VMware
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over 5 years ago
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awbennett
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So it looks like all change at the top of VMware. “VMware's Board of Directors ... has made a change in the leadership of the company with the departure of Diane Greene as President and CEO. VMware's Board of Directors has appointed Paul Maritz as President...
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Microsoft Surface
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over 5 years ago
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awbennett
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Microsoft Surface Microsoft's Surface touch operated "coffee table" computer will make its debut in the entertainment world at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas. So what is Microsoft Surface? Its a WPF application or a number of WPF applications...
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Terminal Services Application Analyzer Beta
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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For those that review connect often you may have already spotted this. But for others that check it out once in a blue moon “I have a recommendation for you”. There is a tool called the “Terminal Services Application Analyzer” which is a Beta tool on...
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John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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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...
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Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional Add-In for Rack Server Virtualization (Virtual Rack)
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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Duane Thomas a buddy of mine, pinged me a link to this darn cool add-in to Visio. This amazing Add-in from Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional helps you plan virtualization. With over 70% of server hardware being under-utilized, this very valuable...
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Nortel Application Switch / Alteon and configuring for Load Balancing with SoftGrid
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over 5 years ago
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zarbie
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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...
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Using Filemon and Regmon to troubleshoot sequenced applications
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over 6 years ago
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awbennett
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So it’s late, all you have in front of you is a stacked number of empty cans, an empty pizza box with that last piece of cold pizza (Go on you know want it...) and surprise you are the last in the office. Why I hear you ask? Well you have followed the...
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UsrVol_sftfs_v1.pkg
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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Hello all, I am back from visiting my grandparent abroad! Myself and Natalie (My better half!) have come back with a nice tan to keep me going through the lovely British Summer! (It is wet!!!!!) Anyway, back to business! So what's this whole UsrVol_sftfs_v1...
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SCCM with SoftGrid 4.5
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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I am currently getting ready for a well deserved holiday (actually that statement varies from person to person!!) and handing the reigns over to Andrew Bennett to keep blogging on my fortnight away. However before this I really wanted to get some information...
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SoftGrid Public KBs from March 2007
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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It looks like none where released this month! Just in case you wondered! :)
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SoftGrid Public KBs from April 2007
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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One release for April! But watch out for further updates for SoftGrid KBs! http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935684 Information about SoftGrid support for non-English-based server configurations
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Did you know...... OS VALUE= ?
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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If you removed all the OS values within the OSD file it will allow the Application to run on any platform! For Example, The below will only execute and run on windows Vista and Windows XP 1: <? xml version ="1.0" standalone ="no" ? > 2...
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SoftGrid 3.1 Sequencing Best Practices (Technically out of date)
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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General Disclaimer This is a copy of a document created by Softricity, Inc specifically to provide assistance in sequencing applications using the system. It was developed for Sequencer v3.1. While it is technically out of date , the material is still...
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SoftGrid Public KBs from February 2007
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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Ok so I will try to catch up with the KBs to the present time and day :) . Again, the same statement as before that these are symptom based and that any fixes should be applied as such. Enjoy Feb's KBs! http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932017...
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Using SMS 2003 to upgrade a SoftGrid 4.1.0.56 client to 4.1.1.306 (Service Pack 1)
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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So here I am trying to figure out how to help out my charity ( a school in south east london ) upgrade there SoftGrid Environment up from v4.1.0.56 to Service Pack 1 . We have SMS 2003 to leverage which is a powerful tool for standard Electronic Software...
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SoftGrid 4.2 Tech Preview on Connect!
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over 6 years ago
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zarbie
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Get your race gear out and start the race! The tech preview for SoftGrid 4.2 is available now on Microsoft Connect http://connect.microsoft.com Log in go to available connections, scroll down and hit apply!!! This is a great opportunity to get the first...
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