The World Simplified is a Virtual World
The Adventures of Justin Zarb and Dave Falkus in the Virtual Jungle
Part 7 : Installing the RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8 on the client
This continues from Part 6. Ok Here is the topology we are following; Now I have installed a default...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/29/2008
Part 6 : Installing and Configuring the RC ADM Template
This Continues from Part 5. The topology for this is; The template focus is on registry settings...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/29/2008
Part 5 : Configuring the Windows Server 2008 Firewall for RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8
This Continues from Part 4. The topology is as follows; Now we have installed the App-V Management...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/29/2008
Part 4 : Installing the First Management Server on RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8
This Continues from Part 3. The Topology for this looks like; So now we have all our bits Installed...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/29/2008
Part 3 : Configuring Windows Server 2008 with Certificates for RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8
This post Continues from Part 2. The topology for this is; Ok so this is a bit of a long bit. I want...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/29/2008
Part 2 : Installing IIS 7 for App-V RC 4.5.0.1305/8
This post Continues from Part 1 The Topology for this is; So i know i am a little bit behind on my...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/29/2008
Nortel Application Switch / Alteon and configuring for Load Balancing with SoftGrid
Well this week I have been up in bonny Scotland assisting a customer and having a merry old time....
Author: zarbie Date: 08/14/2008
Microsoft Virtualization User Group
I think we can claim a first for the UK, we have a Microsoft Virtualization User Group. This...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/12/2008
Part 1: The initial Setup - Building your App-V RC test lab (using 4.5.1305)
I have a zillion things on the go these days and I have been meaning to upgrade my labs for a while....
Author: zarbie Date: 08/12/2008
Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional Add-In for Rack Server Virtualization (Virtual Rack)
Duane Thomas a buddy of mine, pinged me a link to this darn cool add-in to Visio. This amazing...
Author: zarbie Date: 08/09/2008
App-V ADM Template Now Available on Connect!
Just whilst I am playing catch up. Not only did the team post about the OpsMgr Pack but also the ADM...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/30/2008
App-V OpsMgr 2007 MP Now Available on Connect!
The Peps over in Boston Released the OpsMgr Management Pack for testing RC up on connect! To...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/30/2008
Back and getting ready for more 4.5 blogging
So I took a bit of time off to go and see a friend get married! It was a nice break, plus as I was...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/30/2008
John Sheehan: Inside Application Virtualization
Gene pinged me the other day about a cool little video up on channel 9! Its a really cool deep dive...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/16/2008
From 1305 to 1308…..New RC version of the Desktop Client and Management Server now available!
Now if your like me you all be watching the forums and seen some of the problems that some peps have...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/11/2008
SCCM SP1 R2 Release Candidate is out!!!
The System Center Configuration Manager team would like to announce that the following has been...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/09/2008
Interesting developments over at VMware
So it looks like all change at the top of VMware. “VMware's Board of Directors ... has made a change...
Author: awbennett Date: 07/08/2008
RealWorld and App-V 4.5
Kevin Sullivan is one of our great TSPs state site! well Kevin pingedVs a mail that had a...
Author: zarbie Date: 07/02/2008
HYPER-V IS {HERE} !!!!
The wait is over Windows 2008 Hyper-V is RTM’d. Justin beat me!! again.. As the news...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/26/2008
Microsoft Leadership - Bill Gates Transition
The 15 minutes is worth the watch though with some great soundbites from Jeff Raikes, Bill’s dad,...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/26/2008
Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP)
The Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) is open to any vendor who delivers a...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/25/2008
Microsoft Designing Application Virtualization on Server
Now this will start some discussions out on the field! Bob Muglia discussed the future of a...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/24/2008
Terminal Services Application Analyzer Beta
For those that review connect often you may have already spotted this. But for others that check it...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/24/2008
Microsoft Surface
Microsoft Surface Microsoft's Surface touch operated "coffee table" computer will make its...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/23/2008
New Worldwide Site on our Environmental Strategy
https://www.microsoft.com/environment/ (I will put a full time link for this on the left this week)...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/22/2008
Where should I look for Hyper-V Information?
So your looking for information on Hyper-V and struggling for where to look! So I wanted to get a...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/20/2008
Gates from the beginning
So tonight in the UK the BBC Money Programme take a look at Microsoft and Bill’s career BBC 2 -...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/20/2008
App-V 4.5 RC Documentation
One of the nicest things and probably one of the least acknowledge piece of any product is the...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/17/2008
Guess what's on Connect.... App-V 4.5 RC
Get on line and log in and download the latest version of application virtualization 4.5 RC!!!! So...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/17/2008
Windows Server 2008 Solution Accelerators
All, just wanted to call out this resource building on my pervious blog entry about MAP Windows 2008...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/17/2008
Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides - Now in Beta!
This caught my eye specifically due to the System Center Virtual Machine Manager addition to the IPD...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/16/2008
Microsoft Assessment and Planning 3.1 beta program
May be old news but worth calling this out again! One of the most valuable tool for virtualisation...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/16/2008
Converting a Windows 2000 P2V documentation
I was asked this a few times when i was at TechEd last week and just thought this would be a handy...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/15/2008
Network Monitor Beta
The networks monitoring team announcement the new beta of netmon. I use this tool frequently when...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/15/2008
Tech-Ed Keynote Highlights 'Dynamic IT' and Virtualisation
In case you have not heard, virtualisation is big! When I mean big I mean important to both...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/13/2008
SCVMM - System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Beta: Update For Hyper-V RC1
The SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) team has released an update to Virtual Machine...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/12/2008
Event: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies - UK
Are you from the UK? Can you get to Reading? If so you may want to attend this event...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/11/2008
Have a look at your Database!
A really handy thing that I tend to do is review the database of the Softgrid 4.x deployment. The...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/11/2008
Using Windows 2008 EntEd Server Core with Hyper-V RC0, SCVMM 2008 Beta and XenDesktop
I was chatting with “Robin J Brandl” who is a Microsoft Technology Evangelist with Citrix. Robin as...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/10/2008
“The installation program was unable to read the SQL. upgrade files for the configuration database"
This was the error message that confronted one of our TechNet Forum customers when they were trying...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/10/2008
TechEd Orlando – Blogger's Lounge!
So its kick off day in TechEd Orlando!!! And there will be loads on the go! I will try to report as...
Author: zarbie Date: 06/10/2008
Using the Hyper-V Integration Components in WinPE – Mike Sterling
I stumbled on this great article from Mike Sterling awesome stuff. In addition to his blog...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/09/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Released
So today at TechEd, Soma Somasegar and Bill Gates will announce that Silverlight 2 Beta 2 will be...
Author: awbennett Date: 06/05/2008