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• Problem Notification and Automated Best Practices in the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer (Part 2)

  Yesterday we released Part 1 in this series, and now in Part 2 we will look at the Automated Best Practices throughout the new App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer. In Part 1, Problem Notification features were addressed, which are also an important part of Automated... Posted Apr 26 2011, 08:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Best Practices, Sequencing, troubleshoot, App-V 4.6 SP1

• Problem Notification and Automated Best Practices in the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer (Part 1)

  In previous versions of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer, there was little to no built-in guidance from the Sequencer around potential problems or following best practices. With the new Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer, automated... Posted Apr 25 2011, 12:45 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Best Practices, Sequencing, troubleshoot, App-V 4.6 SP1

• Creating Video Recipes for Sequencing Documentation – Part 3: Using TechSmith Camtasia Studio 6.1

  Welcome to Part 3 of this series on recording video recipes for documenting your App-V sequences. In Part 1 of this series I gave you an introduction to the idea of using video to document your Sequencing. This time, I am going to use TechSmith Camtasia... Posted Apr 08 2009, 02:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, 4.5, Sequencing, App-V

• Effective Sequencing starts before you launch the Sequencer

  I had a long discussion with one of my customers this morning about Sequencing Best Practices. As part of our conversation, I referred to the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Sequencing Guide as a great reference and the Sequencing Best Practices... Posted Apr 02 2009, 11:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Best Practices, 4.5, Sequencing, Microsoft application Virtualization, App-V

• Creating Video Recipes for Sequencing Documentation – Part 2: Using OfficeLabs Community Clips

  In Part 1 of this series I gave you an introduction to the idea of using video to document your Sequencing. In this article, I will walk you through using Community Clips to capture the video of your sequencing. Community Clips was one of the first projects... Posted Mar 25 2009, 01:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, 4.5, Sequencing, App-V

• Creating "Video Recipes" for Sequencing Documentation - Part 1: Introduction

  As a Support Engineer for SoftGrid and App-V, a question that I ask a lot from my customers is "Can I take a look at the documentation you used or created for this sequence?" Most of the time the answer is that no such documentation exists.... Posted Mar 05 2009, 07:10 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, 4.5, Sequencing, App-V

• How to sequence Microsoft Money 2007

  I was browsing through the dark corners of some internal Microsoft App-V doc repositories the other day and came across a cool recipe for sequencing Microsoft Money 2007 that I thought you might be interested in seeing.  This was originally submitted... Posted Dec 04 2008, 07:53 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Best Practices, Sequencing, Recipe

• APP-V FLASH: Content Update and Availability

  Here's a quick summary of the latest Microsoft Application Virtualization news and downloads for October, including the download for the 4.5 desktop client, case studies, new whitepapers and last but not least, a new home for SoftGrid App-V on the... Posted Oct 14 2008, 07:49 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: TechNet, Virtualization, case study, Best Practices, 4.5, Guide, Sequencing, Microsoft application Virtualization, App-V

• Sequencing applications that require a reboot

  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? ... Posted Oct 08 2008, 08:59 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, Sequencing

• SoftGrid/App-V: Using Virtualization to Fix Compatibility Issues

  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... Posted Aug 27 2008, 03:59 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, Guide, Sequencing, App-V

• SoftGrid: Sequencing best practices and anti-virus software

  Should I run anti-virus software when I sequence applications or should I not? That's a question we hear all the time. And no wonder, since we mention in our sequencing best practices that our recommendation is to disable all anti-virus and malware... Posted Aug 14 2008, 05:37 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Best Practices, Sequencing

• SoftGrid: Sequencing Office Professional 2007 in 30 easy steps

  We tend to see more issues with sequencing Office than any other product so I decided to put together a quick step by step on how I do it.  I needed to create another package for another project anyway so figured why not.  My hope is that this... Posted Jul 30 2008, 05:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, Sequencing

• Launching Help in Office 2007 generates Windows Installer Error 1305

  Here's an interesting issue that Paul Freitas ran across the other day that you might find interesting.  I hadn't seen this one before but if you're sequencing using one drive letter and your clients use another then chances are you'll... Posted Jun 11 2008, 12:21 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Best Practices, Sequencing, Microsoft application Virtualization

• 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... Posted Feb 05 2008, 10:29 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Best Practices, Guide, Sequencing