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How to Manage Virtual Applications Using the Server App-V Agent Cmdlets
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 has everything you need to manage your...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/12/2011
Meet a couple of our System Center engineers
I just wanted to let you know about a couple of our System Center support engineers that were...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/11/2011
The System Center Blog Aggregator app is now available on Android
A few weeks back I announced the System Center Blog Aggregator app for Windows Phone 7 and today I...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/10/2011
App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer - Project Template Improvements
With the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer, Project Templates are a much easier to use feature that can save...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/04/2011
Improvements in the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer Command Line Interface (CLI)
The Command Line Sequencer, or CLI, has been improved with the App-V 4.6 SP1 release of the...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/03/2011
New Download: Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1: April 2011
This article describes a hotfix package that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/02/2011
Creating Package Accelerators with the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer (Part 3)
Last week we published a couple posts that covered creating Package Accelerators and how to create...
Author: zarbie Date: 05/02/2011
Creating Package Accelerators with the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer (Part 2)
Yesterday we talked about what App-V Package Accelerators were and how the process worked, and today...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/28/2011
Creating Package Accelerators with the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer (Part 1)
What are Package Accelerators? Package Accelerators support the “Predictable Packaging” pillar of...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/27/2011
Sequencing PetShop 4
As a follow up to Emre’s article on how to create packages using the Server App-V Sequencer,...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/26/2011
New KB: How to use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to confirm that the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V is installed
Symptoms The information below describes how to use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/26/2011
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...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/26/2011
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...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/25/2011
How to Fix Microsoft Management Console Error Code: 0000C824
Just a quick FYI on a great article written by our very own Michael Kleef. If you’re seeing...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/20/2011
Creating Virtual Application Packages with Microsoft Server Application Virtualization Sequencer
Server App-V's very own Emre Kanlikilicer recently posted a great introductory article on creating...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/19/2011
Now available: Hotfix Package 6 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 RTM: March 2011
This hotfix package addresses the following issues: When you try to load a package and there is...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/18/2011
New KB: Upgrading the Microsoft App-V client from 4.5 to 4.6 silently using ESD
Just a quick heads up on a new Microsoft Application Virtualization Knowledge Base article we...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/11/2011
What types of applications should I virtualize with Server Application Virtualization?
Server App-V, a core feature of SCVMM 2012, was created with one purpose in mind: making deployment...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/08/2011
TechNet Wiki: Managing and Installing the App-V Packages
Here’s another article written by Microsoft Partner and MVP Leandro E. Carvalho that’s over in the...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/07/2011
So, what is “Server App-V”, anyway?
Look there, in the sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, it’s Server App-V –...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/06/2011
Introducing the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer
I’m Chris Green, Program Manager on the App-V team. I first joined Microsoft in June, 2009 and I was...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/06/2011
Using Application Virtualization Sequencer to Virtualize your Applications with App-V
Microsoft MVP Leandro E. Carvalho been busy over in the TechNet Wiki, creating lots of articles on...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/05/2011
How to Install and Configure the App-V Management Server
Here’s another article written by Microsoft MVP Leandro E. Carvalho that’s over in the TechNet...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/04/2011
What is Microsoft Application Virtualization?
New to Microsoft App-V and or just wondering what all the buzz is about? If so then head over...
Author: zarbie Date: 04/04/2011
Like our System Center blogs? Now you have an app for that
Ever since Windows Phone 7 was launched late last year there’s been a growing buzz surrounding...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/30/2011
Welcome to Server Application Virtualization
Easy as pie. Like taking candy from a baby. A walk in the park. Like shooting fish in a barrel. You...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/25/2011
Get your App-V Package Accelerators here
These Microsoft App-V Package Accelerators help you quickly and easily create an App-V virtual...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/22/2011
Tips and tricks for troubleshooting App-V and SQL
This guide is intended to provide some general troubleshooting tips and tricks in regards to issues...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/21/2011
Known issues with Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1
Now that App-V 4.6 SP1 is released we decided to publish a couple KB articles to give you a heads up...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/11/2011
MDOP 2011, including App-V 4.6 SP1, is now available!
Today we announced the general availability of MDOP 2011, which includes among other things the long...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/10/2011
New KB: Guide to sequencing .NET 4.0 with App-V 4.6 SP1
Just a quick heads up on a new Microsoft Application Virtualization Knowledge Base article we...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/10/2011
Getting rid of the pop-up message: “The operation completed successfully” when running Virtualized Office 2010 under App-V
We have recently encountered an odd issue with a few customers who were deploying Office 2010 via...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/10/2011
How to troubleshoot situations where GPO settings are not applying to packages in App-V 4.5 and later
Hi, Steve Thomas here. Back in April of 2009, J.C. Hornbeck posted a blog on the changes that...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/02/2011
A step-by-step SuperFlow for installing Microsoft App-V
This one actually first got published the week before last so you may already know all about it, but...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/01/2011
Now available: Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 SP1: December 2010
Earlier we announced that Hotfix Package 2 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 All...
Author: zarbie Date: 03/01/2011
Now available: Hotfix Package 2 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 All Languages: February 2011
If you’ve been waiting for the update that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application...
Author: zarbie Date: 02/28/2011
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...
Author: zarbie Date: 02/17/2011
Upgrading the Microsoft App-V client from 4.5 to 4.6 silently using ESD
In order to retain the current cache and the current user settings, as well as published...
Author: zarbie Date: 02/10/2011
Error code: 0000C800 when trying to import a package on the App-V Management server
Here's an issue we ran into the other day and since I didn't see it documented anywhere officially I...
Author: zarbie Date: 02/03/2011
FYI: Integration of TechNet Blog User Account with TechNet Forums Profile
For those of you who sign-in to comment on the TechNet Blogs, there is a change coming on January...
Author: zarbie Date: 01/26/2011
Microsoft Server Application Virtualization CTP Released – Run More of your Applications on Windows Azure
Back in December I had a slight mishap and detached and shredded my ACL, and on December the 21st I...
Author: zarbie Date: 01/05/2011
TechEd 2010 Europe
Over in Berlin a little event called TechEd took place and gave everyone the first look at the App-V...
Author: zarbie Date: 01/03/2011
App-V FAQ #24: Can I use Active Upgrade without RTSP(S)?
One of the FAQ series blog was a post I did on Active Upgrade. The last year was an unbelievable...
Author: zarbie Date: 01/01/2011
FAQs : App-V
My Buddy Aaron, who has today been awarded his long awaited App-V MVP status, has been writing up a...
Author: zarbie Date: 12/31/2010
An update on sequencing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 with App-V
Back in October we blogged that the decision had been made to support using App-V to deploy Visual...
Author: zarbie Date: 12/20/2010
How to easily test your remote SQL connectivity
Microsoft's own Steve Rachui explains how to quickly and easily test remote SQL connectivity using...
Author: zarbie Date: 12/14/2010
Known issues and limitations when using virtualized Office 2010 applications on App-V 4.6 and App-V 4.5 SP2 clients
Just a heads up on a new App-V Knowledge Base article we published today. If you currently run...
Author: zarbie Date: 12/13/2010