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Hotfix Package 6 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1: April 2012 Now Available

zarbie — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:47:19 GMT

This article describes a hotfix package that contains the latest fixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This hotfix package is dated April 2012. This hotfix package fixes the following issue: On a server that...(read more)

KB: Custom actions for the Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) Sequencer installer package

zarbie — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:05:12 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one documents the custom actions that are available for the Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) Sequencer installer package. ===== Summary The following is a list of the custom...(read more)

Server App-V Recipe: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1

zarbie — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:32:36 GMT

Hello again, this is the third Server App-V Recipe I’m posting this week. The recipes are designed to give you a step-by-step guide to successfully package applications for use with Server App-V. Verified With SAV Version System Center 2012...(read more)

KB: Custom actions for the Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) Agent installer package

zarbie — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:29:50 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one documents the custom actions that are available for the Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) Agent installer package. ===== Summary The following is a list of the custom actions...(read more)

Server App-V Recipe: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

zarbie — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Intro Hi everyone, this is the next instance of a couple planned Server App-V “recipes” that we will be posting. These are written with two specific goals in mind. First, if you need to sequence this particular application, you can following...(read more)

Server App-V Recipe: WS_FTP Server

zarbie — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:57:00 GMT

Intro Hi everyone, this is the first of a couple Server App-V “recipes” we will be posting. These are written with two specific goals in mind. First, if you need to sequence this particular application, you can following these directions...(read more)

Walking through the App-V 5.0 Beta Server Setup (Part 1)

zarbie — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:08:00 GMT

The App-V 5.0 Beta Server is made up 3 components – Management Server, Publishing Server and the Management Database. The components are dependent but have varying requirements and actions to have them successfully deployed. The goal of this series...(read more)

App-V “Application is not working as expected” Troubleshooting Check List

zarbie — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:12:35 GMT

Hello everyone, John Behneman here again. The purpose of the article is to highlight some very simple OSD file edits/tweaks that can potentially fix a large number of most common issues we see here in product support. Chances are you can save yourself...(read more)

How to run Process Monitor (ProcMon) inside the App-V virtual environment

zarbie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:33:57 GMT

Hi everyone, Mark Stanfill here. Running Process Monitor (ProcMon) to troubleshoot Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client issues such as missing files, access denied errors or other file and registry-based issues is sometimes necessary to...(read more)

End to End Application Packaging, Deployment and State Management using Server App-V

zarbie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:50:00 GMT

This blog post will cover a portion of my MMS session (AM-B316) and will be useful if you're looking to familiarize yourself with some of the key value propositions of Server App-V. This post will allow you to: Grasp how packaging using the Server...(read more)

KB: How to sequence the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Admin Console using Microsoft App-V

zarbie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:16:48 GMT

Here’s one more Knowledge Base article we published today. This one shows you how to sequence (virtualize) the ConfigMgr admin console in App-V. ===== Symptoms When trying to Sequence (virtualize) the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr...(read more)

KB: Launching an App-V application fails with "Unable to initialize package information (0x00000000)" error

zarbie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:02:58 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one talks about a couple work arounds for an App-V issue where launching an App-V application fails with "Unable to initialize package information (0x00000000)": ===== Symptoms...(read more)

MDOP Engineering Team at MMS 2012

zarbie — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:03:38 GMT

The MDOP Engineering Team is in Las Vegas this week for MMS 2012 . Angie, Aseem, Briton, Dan, Derrick, Dilip, Karan, Tim and myself are hanging out with customers and partners at the Venetian Resort. Brad Anderson kicked things off this morning...(read more)

Announcing User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) and App-V 5.0

zarbie — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:10:28 GMT

Microsoft’s own Karri Alexion-Tiernan just announced two new virtualization betas you’ll want to check out. The first is a new product to Microsoft’s Desktop Virtualization family – User Experience Virtualization (UE-V). The second is an update to our...(read more)

HOTFIX: OSD tasks stop responding in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

zarbie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:31:42 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published recently. This one is a hotfix for an issue where a ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 task to install a virtual application that is located on an App-V distribution point that has streaming enabled hangs (stops responding...(read more)

Support policy for Microsoft applications that are running in a Microsoft Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) environment

zarbie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:07:51 GMT

Here’s another new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one spells out the official Microsoft support policy for Microsoft apps running in a Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) environment: ===== Summary This article covers the...(read more)

Support policy for third-party applications that are running in a Microsoft Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) environment

zarbie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:32:03 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one spells out the official Microsoft support policy for third-party apps running in a Microsoft Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) environment: ===== Summary This article covers...(read more)

A script to allow easy testing of your App-V package on any OS

zarbie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:58:15 GMT

Time and patience are required when creating App-V packages and testing them on various operating systems. You should always target your packages for the right operating system (OS), but testing shows that a package made for one Windows OS may run on...(read more)

Troubleshooting 04-0000180C / 6156 Errors in Microsoft Application Virtualization

zarbie — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:44:17 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about troubleshooting an issue where attempting to upgrade a package in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) fails with error 04-0000180C: ===== Symptoms Attempting to upgrade...(read more)

KB: How to Enable Automatic Crash Dump Generation in Microsoft Application Virtualization

zarbie — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:00:07 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one walks you through how to create a crash dump in Microsoft Application Virtualization should you ever need to do so as guided by a Microsoft support engineer: ===== Symptoms This article...(read more)

How to Sequence the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Admin Console with Microsoft App-V

zarbie — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:18:47 GMT

When trying to Sequence (virtualize) the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Console, the resulting package will generate the following error and fail to run: MMC cannot initialize the snap-in Using the steps below, you can virtualize...(read more)

KB: Error 0000B00F when attempting to delete a server from the Default Server Group in Microsoft Application Virtualization

zarbie — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:02:31 GMT

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about how to fix an issue where you get error 0000B00F attempting to delete a server from the Default Server Group in Microsoft App-V: ===== Symptoms When attempting to delete a Server...(read more)

Now available: Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1: December 2011

zarbie — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:31:32 GMT

Just a quick FYI that we recently released Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 dated December 2011. I don’t think I mentioned this one before so if you haven’t seen it you’ll want to check it out: ===== This article...(read more)

A Complete Guide to SQL 2008 App-V Database Migration

zarbie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:59:24 GMT

Hi everyone, John Behneman here. The purpose of this article is to outline the steps necessary to migrate or move a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Database from one SQL server 200X to SQL server 2008 R2. This article assumes that the...(read more)

How to remove File Type Associations on the App-V Sequencer

zarbie — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:11 GMT

When using Package Accelerators with the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 1 (App-V 4.6 SP1) Sequencer you end up with EXACT same package as the one used to create the Package Accelerator. In the case of Microsoft Office, you will...(read more)