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App-V: The Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide
I came across this the other day and thought that a lot of you would find it useful so here you go.  If you haven't seen this before, it's part of a series of planning and design guides that clarify and streamline the planning and design process Read More...
SoftGrid: A few quick notes on Disconnected Operation mode
One of our top Microsoft Application Virtualization engineers by the name of Paul Freitas recently wrote up a couple quick notes on Disconnected Operation (DO) mode and I thought it might be something you all would like to see as well.  This assumes Read More...
Get a head start testing ConfigMgr 2007 and the MS App Virtualization 4.5 beta
I'm sure you know all about the upcoming features available in Microsoft Application Virtualization (nee SoftGrid) and how it integrates with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 but if you're wanting to get a quick head start on testing some of the Read More...
TechNet Virtual Lab: Microsoft SoftGrid General Troubleshooting
Are you new to this whole application virtualization thing and looking for some tips on how to troubleshoot some common issues?  If so then look no more because we have a virtual lab that will get you started on your way to tracking down and fixing Read More...
Microsoft Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) Post Installation Tasks
We get a lot of questions about what you need to do after installing a 4.x SoftGrid Virtual Application Server (VAS, or would that be Microsoft Application Virtualization Virtual Application Server?  I digress...) so I thought I'd post a couple of Read More...
SoftGrid Upgrade: General guidance and recommended practices
We received a number of questions regarding the upgrade process of the various SoftGrid components, so I thought I’d post some general guidelines and recommended best practices we usually try to follow. This information was originally compiled for Read More...
New Microsoft Application Virtualization (Formerly SoftGrid) 4.5 Beta Standalone Trial Guide is Now Available!
Hello everyone! I thought I would drop a quick note to let you all know that we have a new trial guide option posted to the web at the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AA787491-8D08-4D2F-8960-9E9F00226C7E&displaylang=en Read More...
MCS Sequencing Guidelines
Hello everyone. We are happy to announce some additional guidance on Sequencing with Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization from our friends over at Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS). These people work day in and day out with our customers on Read More...
Microsoft Application Virtualization Hands-on Labs
Are you new to Microsoft Application Virtualization (aka SoftGrid) and looking for a quick and easy way to ramp up your skills? If so then these virtual labs are a great place to start. In as little as an hour or two you can use these to evaluate and Read More...
Process Monitor - Hands-On Labs and Examples
Introduction Process Monitor is a troubleshooting and data collection tool used by many systems administrators as well as Microsoft’s support organization. The goal of this post is to help you gain hands-on experience using this valuable troubleshooting Read More...
The Microsoft Application Virtualization (Formerly SoftGrid) 4.5 Beta Trial Guide is Now Available!
Hello everyone! I thought I would drop a quick note to let you all know that the Trial Guide for Microsoft App Virt has been posted to the web at the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AA787491-8D08-4D2F-8960-9E9F00226C7E&displaylang=en Read More...
SoftGrid Operations Guide - Part 2
As promised, here's part 2 of Brian Kelly's SoftGrid Operations Guide: ====== 3.3 Remove a Specific Application from a SoftGrid Client PC The following procedure describes how to remove a specific application package from the SoftGrid cache on a client Read More...
SoftGrid Operations Guide - Part 1
Brian Kelly, one of our top gun SoftGrid tech guru's, recently put together a really cool SoftGrid operations guide that covers day-to-day procedures for managing and operating the SoftGrid infrastructure.  Well, I guess technically it would now Read More...
Scripting within an OSD file
I noticed some posts on the SoftGrid Forums lately that could be addressed with some useful scripting with the .OSD files for a SoftGrid package. Scripting within .OSD files is a very powerful feature and can be used to solve or create workarounds for Read More...
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 Read More...
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