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When you attempt to start the MED-V Server service on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you may get the following error: Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. Additionally, the system
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Many organizations want to use variables to simplify the naming and manageability of MED-V workspaces. While regular operating system environment variables cannot be used inside the workspace policy, MED-V has variables that can be used for persistent
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The Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) documentation library has recently been published to TechNet! This is the first time that MED-V documentation has been made available online and you can now see the newly published MED-V Planning,
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When you attempt to start MED-V a workspace using a test image or a deployed image, the Virtual PC engine may crash and generate a Fault Report using Windows Error Reporting. Subsequently, the MED-V Workspace will fail to start. The Virtual PC engine
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How can an integrated virtualization strategy that brings server, desktop, and application virtualization together provide significant benefits to your business? Join this webcast to learn about the Microsoft end-to-end virtualization strategy, which
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While reporting is technically an optional feature of MED-V version 1.0, it is valuable in tracking errors, client events, and workspace usage statistics. You may encounter issues at various stages of setting up and using the reporting feature. I have
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As was mentioned last week on The Official MDOP Blog, MED-V will support Windows 7 in the first quarter of calendar year 2010 via MED-V 1.0 SP1 . We’ve been getting a few questions about what exactly SP1 brings to the table so I thought I’d take a minute
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The Tech.Ed Australia Live Meetings have now concluded but it's not completely over as you can still view many of the recorded sessions. One in particular you may be interested in is Ben Armstrong’s presentation titled Windows 7 XP Compatibility
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In case you missed it over on the MDOP blog, they just announced that Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2009 R2 will be released in late October 2009 and will add Windows 7 support for all components except for MED-V. Regardless, they are working
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Microsoft Press offers complimentary book “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions“. This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions.
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You may run into problems trying to create a deployment package using Packing Wizard from the MED-V Management Console. The Packaging Wizard allows Administrators to provide end users with an installation deployment package that includes the MED-V Client,
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When preparing images for use in a MED-V environment, there are several recommendations that should help to streamline performance, further allow for seamless integration, allow for ease of domain-based management, and assist with troubleshooting should
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I recently had a great question from one of our customers on how to best allow helpdesk personnel to troubleshoot issues with MED-V applications. No, this wasn’t necessarily what we refer to as a break/fix type issue with MED-V itself, but rather
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The following post describes how to configure an image repository using IIS. An image repository is an optional server that is used for image distribution (where administrators upload new images and client computers check the server every 15 minutes and
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Have you ever had the need to run a published application from the command line on a Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization client? If so then here are a couple of the basics: The command line that is used to execute MED-V applications originating
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