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If you're in the market for a training class that covers all the various components of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), including SoftGrid/Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), then this is probably what you're looking for. Introduction:
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Here's a neat tip John Behneman sent me the other day. If you have any plans on sequencing Photoshop then this one's for you: ======== When sequencing Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 you may be presented with the following error during the installation
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If you've ever tried sequencing an application that has an installation program that requires a reboot you may have run into this dilemma - How do you restart the computer if you're running the sequencer to capture the installation actions? While
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A big advantage to SoftGrid or App-V is that you can run it on a Terminal Server - something some lesser application virtualization products don't do. Being able to run on Terminal Server offers several critical advantages but it also leads to a
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I had to put together an Excel 2003 package for another project so with all the questions we get about sequencing Office and the various applications it contains, I thought it might be a good idea to document this in case anyone else wanted to use it.
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Yesterday I posted Sequencing Office Professional 2007 in 30 easy steps but it occurred to me that some of you might be interested in softcopy of this as well. I thought about attaching it to the original post but was concerned that since that post was
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Last September the esteemed Michelle Foley posted about the List of Applications That Can Be Virtualized but we keep getting a lot of questions on this so I thought it might be time for another go-round. The information in that post is still valid
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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
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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
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We are pleased to announce availability of the MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization and the SoftGrid HFRU1 release supporting it. MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=37A9E590-4F55-44AC-93E1-36EB63A09240&displaylang=en
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I recently worked on an interesting issue sequencing Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 and thought you might like hearing what was finally done to resolve it. Chances are that if you try to sequence FrontPage 2003 you'll run into it, but if you see
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If you've ever tried to virtualize Adobe CS3 then I'm betting you ran into the issue below. Fortunately there is a way to get this to work, it just takes a couple extra steps. We have a Knowledge Base article coming out about this issue soon
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If you happen to download the latest version of MDOP (SW_CD_Dsktp_Optimization_Pck_SA_2007_English_1_MLF_X13-63487.EXE) then you might notice that the softgrid-sequencer-setup.exe file reports being version 4.1.1 even though MDOP should include version
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I came across an interesting sounding tool in one of the SoftGrid forums that I thought you might useful. Here's what the author says about it: ====== I have created a new tool to cleanup OSD Files for my personal use. It can be downloaded from http://mayankjohri.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/mayaosdhelpermsi.doc
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A few months ago I talked about a couple tools including the SoftGrid Migration Tool which helps you “convert” existing automated application setups to SoftGrid Virtualized Applications (aka streams or sequences). It looks like the
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