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• Explainer: App-V error 29-000010FE with User Data redirected to a network share

  So have you had a chance to try out Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 yet?  It should have been available to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers as well as Volume License customers yesterday so I'm curious how many have actually... Posted Feb 17 2011, 09:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, App-V, User Data, Network Share, 000010FE

• Why Does Microsoft exhibit at VMworld?

  I’ll be posting more this week about what you’ll see when you visit the Microsoft booth (#1431) at VMworld 2010 U.S. conference next week. You can read an overview at NetworkWorld . But last week a virtualization industry insider and consultant... Posted Aug 24 2010, 12:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, System Center, Virtualization, Softgrid, Windows Server 2008, Citrix, VMWare, Hyper-V, MMS, Cloud computing, SVVP, Microsoft Hyper-V Server

• Network devices that use RTSP Inspection may cause problems in specific App-V scenarios

  We are aware that many of our App-V/SoftGrid users that are in the process of migration will follow our advice and upgrade the clients first before upgrading the management servers, and we're also aware that scheduling and testing with multi-server... Posted Mar 24 2010, 11:41 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: migration, upgrade, Softgrid, Client, troubleshoot, App-V, RTSP

• [Lançamento] App-V 4.6 RTM e MED-V 1.0 SP1 RC

  Muitos de vocês já sabem, mas achei importante destacar aqui duas notícias sobre lançamentos ocorridos há poucas semanas. Foi disponibilizada a versão final do Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 , antigamente conhecido como Softgrid. Agora o produto... Posted Mar 03 2010, 05:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Application Virtualization, App-V, med-v

• New KB - Error message when you upgrade the SQL Server database role from App-V Management Server 4.1 to App-V Management Server 4.5: "Error 25119"

  When you try to upgrade the SQL Server database role from Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Management Server 4.1 to Application Virtualization Management Server 4.5, the upgrade may fail with the following error message: Error 25119. The installation... Posted Dec 15 2009, 09:42 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SQL Server, upgrade, Softgrid, script, 4.5, 4.1, KB article, App-V

• Updated OS VALUE XML Tag Reference and Supported Client Versions

  The following table lists the supported OS VALUE element options and the minimum supported client versions for Microsoft SoftGrid and Microsoft Application Virtualization.  This element defines the required operating system. If there are more than... Posted Oct 29 2009, 10:51 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, 64-bit, 4.5, OSD, App-V, 4.6, Operating System version, OS Value

• Some personal news...

  Hello Dear Blog Readers, (hmmm....that kinda sounds like the beginning of one of those SPAM emails) I wanted to let you all know I am moving on from Microsoft and shall no longer be blogging here. I'll be moving an archive of these posts to my website... Posted Sep 17 2009, 10:24 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, SharePoint, Unified Communications, Dynamics, Windows, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, Webcasts, SQL, System Center, TechNet, Group Policy, Windows Mobile, Training, Virtualization, MSDN, Visio, Microsoft Events, SCVMM, Softgrid, Terminal Services, Microsoft Research, ISO, SCCM, Portal, TechEd, developers, Imagine Cup, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Power Management, hard disks, Microsoft Teched, EU, Green IT, online services, Windows 7, recycling, data center, Australia, Ingenuity Point, OSIsoft, Clean Technology, Sustainable IT, Microsoft TechFest, Tiny Web Services, Emissions Trading, Earth Day, Cloud computing, LMEG, Desktop strategy, Business Value Assessment, Microsoft Application Virtualisation, Thin Client, Remix, climate change, Forest Dynamics, PUE, Green Grid, Power Configuration, eWaste, Software Management, Asset Management, DigiGirlz, Server Virtualisation, Greenwashing, Carbon Neutral, carbon management, Health Industry, Paper Management, HVAC, Digital Distribution, Cooling, Water, smart metering, 7 day Green IT blogfest, Careers, Futures, Goodbye

• App-v 4.6 ute i beta på connect

  https://connect.microsoft.com/AppV46/Survey/NominationSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9158&ProgramID=3601   4.6 tar i all hovedsak for seg støtte for 64-bit, både på klient og sequencing/pakke biten. Støtte for Windows 7 og 2008 R2 er selvsagt også med... Posted Aug 03 2009, 01:40 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, App-V

• How Do I Develop V12N-Friendly Apps?

  There was a great video I came across on Channel 9. It was a session that John and Elsie did at PDC recently. One of the bits I really enjoined was at 31:20 in the video. Its a section in the presentation thats called “How Do I Develop V12N-Friendly Apps... Posted Jul 29 2009, 04:34 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Architecture, Softgrid, Virtual, Justin Zarb, Video's, 4.5, S+S, Application Virtualization

• Jumpstart Your IT Projects with Proven Guidance and Tools from Microsoft

  I often ran into customers and partners who wish they could have spent LESS time on deployment planning and deploy faster and start benefitting from the value of the software earlier. Picking the right technologies like server, desktop, and application... Posted Jun 25 2009, 10:52 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, Microsoft, System Center, System Center Operations Manager, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Deployment Tools, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, SQL 2008, MDOP, Application Virtualization, Windows 7, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Online Services, IT Management, ipd, App-V, MAP Toolkit, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, IPD Guides, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, med-v, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers, Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios, WODS, OD

• Online sessions, book and more

  Admittedly this post is a stew and not a meal (if that metaphor works). But you might be interested in the following items. I'll keep it short: John Kelby will host a webcast on Friday, May 8 at 8:00am PDT titled, "Running Linux on Hyper-V."... Posted May 05 2009, 05:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Events, System Center, Community, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, Windows Server 2008, Windows Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, high availability, virtual machine, VMM 2008, Live Migration, VDI

• Resolving a couple common SoftGrid/App-V Management Console issues

  I had a support call on this the other day and realized that there really isn’t a good blog post on it so I decided I might as well go ahead and correct that situation now. You may run into an issue where the console just randomly crashes, or it crashes... Posted Apr 30 2009, 02:57 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, console, 4.5, troubleshoot, App-V

• Some insight into how SoftGrid and App-V 4.5 handle group policies

  I came across an interesting nugget of information about how GPOs are applied in a SoftGrid/App-V environment so I thought I’d pass it along here just in case any of you were curious how these things worked.  The short version is that in 4.2 and... Posted Apr 23 2009, 07:46 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, 4.5, Policy, App-V

• Getting to Grip with the App-V Server Log File (sft-server.log)

  Now I have been chatting with Aaron Parker about doing this blog entry for weeks and just never found the time to do this, well with the Easter weekend upon us and a workshop for which I need to complete a section on Log File analysis this seemed a good... Posted Apr 10 2009, 07:33 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: TechNet, Softgrid, Justin Zarb, 4.5, 4.1, 4.2, Application Virtualization

• 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

• Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization now available via MDOP

  It's great to see that MED-V is now available to customers with the new version of MS Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for customers with Software Assurance. See Ran's post here . Following are excerpts from Ran's post: MED-V provides deployment... Posted Apr 01 2009, 11:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtualization, Softgrid, Application Virtualization, Microsoft application Virtualization, virtual machine, VDI, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Virtual Desktop Architecture

• March 31 live web chat

  On Tuesday, March 31, Microsoft's Edwin Yuen will be hosting a live web chat 11am-3pm EST. Edwin is a sr. technical product manager. Edwin came to Microsoft with the acquisition of Softricity (and the SoftGrid application virtualization technology... Posted Mar 28 2009, 11:24 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, Windows Server 2008, Windows Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, high availability, Virtualization Management, virtual machine, ESX, VMM 2008, Management tools, integrated virtualization, Live Migration, VDI, Calista Technologies

• 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

• College Uses Application Virtualization to Deliver Course Software Easily, Inexpensively

  That’s the subtitle of a case study that recently went online (so I’m not plagiarizing).  A colleague sent this over to me and I had the privilege of talking with these folks a couple of weeks ago.  Interesting details of this deployment (scroll... Posted Mar 17 2009, 02:46 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Virtualization, Softgrid, Business of Schools

• 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

• SoftBar……

  Aaron came over and told me about a new little freeware tool that can help assist you in app-v http://www.jagtechnical.com/softbar/   I have not yet had a chance to play with the tool but I thought it would be interesting to let people know. Again... Posted Mar 03 2009, 12:35 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Softgrid, Justin Zarb, 4.5, Third Party Apps, 4.1, 4.2, Application Virtualization

• Potential issue upgrading a package sequenced on SoftGrid 4.2 with the App-V 4.5 Sequencer

  Here’s another issue we came across during the 4.5 beta that I thought deserved a mention here since it’s something a few of you may end up trying yourself.  What happens is that when opening or upgrading a package sequenced on SoftGrid 4.2 with... Posted Mar 03 2009, 07:54 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: upgrade, Softgrid, 4.5, Sequencing, troubleshoot, App-V

• Microsoft customers showcased at VMworld Europe 2009

  This week at VMworld Europe 2009 we're showcasing a number of European customers who have deployed Windows Server Hyper-V, System Center and App-v 4.5. You can watch two videos below. One is of Bouygues Construction based in France. Bouygues does... Posted Feb 23 2009, 06:09 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, Management, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, Windows Server 2008, Windows Virtualization, VMWare, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Dell, high availability, Virtualization Management, Quick Migration, virtual machine, VMM 2008, Management tools

• [NEWS!] New Version of Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit - now compatible with Windows 7 Beta

  Hello IT Users! Due to popular demand of the Windows 7 Beta Program , our team has just released a new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 (Build 2315) that now gives you the newly-added capability of running this MAP Toolkit... Posted Feb 06 2009, 12:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Video, news, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, Desktop Deployment, Network Access Protection, Forefront Client Security, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, NAP, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, demo, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, rtm, Green IT, online services, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Online Services, IT Management, Sustainability, video demo, SQL 2000, PC Security, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, RTM Announcements, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, IT Managers

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit - Technical FAQ

  Hello! The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit team has just released a new set of Technical FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) . We hope that you will find this useful as to learn how to use the MAP Toolkit for various technology migration... Posted Feb 06 2009, 03:49 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, news, Windows, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Network Access Protection, Forefront Client Security, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, NAP, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, demo, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, anti-spyware, anti-virus, Green IT, Application Virtualization, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Software plus Services, Exchange Online, Microsoft Online Services, IT Management, video demo, PC Security, MAP Toolkit, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers