The Official Microsoft App-V Team Blog
Your official source for all the latest news and tech tips for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V).
How to specify the version of Visio that is launched by an App-V client
There seems to be some confusion surrounding the licensing model used by Microsoft Visio and how it...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/27/2012
KB: Changes to an App-V application are not included when deployed using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where changes to an...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/07/2012
Introducing the App-V 5.0 Beta Sequencer: What Has Changed Since 4.6 SP1.
-Adam Kiu | Program Manager, Microsoft Application Virtualization Disclaimer: This article describes...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2012
Hotfix Package 6 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1: April 2012 Now Available
This article describes a hotfix package that contains the latest fixes for Microsoft Application...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/22/2012
Walking through the App-V 5.0 Beta Server Setup (Part 2)
-Priya Ravichandran | Program Manager, Microsoft Application Virtualization The App-V 5.0 Beta...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 05/22/2012
Walking through the App-V 5.0 Beta Server Setup (Part 1)
The App-V 5.0 Beta Server is made up 3 components – Management Server, Publishing Server and...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 05/08/2012
App-V “Application is not working as expected” Troubleshooting Check List
Hello everyone, John Behneman here again. The purpose of the article is to highlight some very...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/25/2012
How to run Process Monitor (ProcMon) inside the App-V virtual environment
Hi everyone, Mark Stanfill here. Running Process Monitor (ProcMon) to troubleshoot Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/24/2012
KB: How to sequence the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Admin Console using Microsoft App-V
Here’s one more Knowledge Base article we published today. This one shows you how to sequence...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/19/2012
KB: Launching an App-V application fails with "Unable to initialize package information (0x00000000)" error
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one talks about a couple work...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/19/2012
Announcing User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) and App-V 5.0
Microsoft’s own Karri Alexion-Tiernan just announced two new virtualization betas you’ll want to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/05/2012
HOTFIX: OSD tasks stop responding in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published recently. This one is a hotfix for an issue where a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/03/2012
A script to allow easy testing of your App-V package on any OS
Time and patience are required when creating App-V packages and testing them on various operating...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/03/2012
Troubleshooting 04-0000180C / 6156 Errors in Microsoft Application Virtualization
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about troubleshooting an...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/27/2012
KB: How to Enable Automatic Crash Dump Generation in Microsoft Application Virtualization
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one walks you through how to create a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/26/2012
How to Sequence the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Admin Console with Microsoft App-V
Hi everyone, Somaning Turwale here. I recently went through sequencing the ConfigMgr 2007...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/20/2012
KB: Error 0000B00F when attempting to delete a server from the Default Server Group in Microsoft Application Virtualization
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about how to fix an issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/01/2012
Now available: Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1: December 2011
Just a quick FYI that we recently released Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/13/2012
A Complete Guide to SQL 2008 App-V Database Migration
Hi everyone, John Behneman here. The purpose of this article is to outline the steps necessary to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/08/2012
How to remove File Type Associations on the App-V Sequencer
When using Package Accelerators with the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 1...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/02/2012
Microsoft Enterprise Product Roadmap Webcast
Please join us for a high level discussion into Microsoft software investments designed to cover...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/19/2012
Fix: Error Code 0000C800 is generated when connecting to the App-V Management Console
Here’s a new KB article we published today. This one tells you how to fix an issue where error code...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/16/2012
Sequencing Microsoft Office 2010 and Dynamics CRM 2011 using App-V 4.6 SP1
Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here. Recently a customer wanted to sequence Microsoft Office 2010...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/12/2012
The App-V Client does not upload reporting data, resulting with Event 3144 and error code 0A-200001F4
Hi everyone, Madelinde here again. Some time ago I was working on a reporting issue for App-V...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/01/2011
How to sequence the Dynamics AX 2012 client with App-V 4.6 SP1 on Windows 7/2008 R2
Hi everyone, Madelinde here. Since the release of the Dynamics AX 2012 client, we have...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/30/2011
App-V: How to Adjust/Increase/Reduce the RTCP/RTP Port Ranges for Use with RTSP
Here’s another great article I found over on the TechNet Wiki that was written by Microsoft’s very...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/29/2011
Launching an App-V virtualized application on a Remote Desktop Web Access server launches the wrong virtualized application
Here’s another KB article we published today. This one tells you how to fix an issue where trying to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/28/2011
Important Additional step when Sequencing the .NET 2.0 Framework in App-V 4.6 and above for Windows XP Clients
Here’s a great article I found over on the TechNet Wiki that was written by Microsoft’s own Steve...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/28/2011
App-V database jobs fail with error - “Executed as user dbo. The server principal “sa” is not able to access the database under the current security context. [SQL State 08004] error 916”.
Here’s one more KB article we just published today. This one talks about an issue where App-V...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/17/2011
Error Codes XXXXXX2A-00000003 or XXXXXX0A-0000000A when attempting to stream an application from a Microsoft Application Virtualization Management Server
Here’s another good KB article we just published today. This one talks about an issue where you get...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/16/2011
How to create a sample App-V HTTP reporting service
Although you can use the App-V Management Server to gather usage information from clients, many...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/10/2011
Error when loading the Application Virtualization Client Management snap-in on a Windows Server computer running the App-V Client for Remote Desktop Services
Here’s another good KB article we just published. This one talks about an issue that may occur...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/09/2011
Error 268480357 starting an App-V Management Server with dynamic SQL ports
Here’s another good KB article we published today. If you’re seeing error 268480357 on your App-V...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/26/2011
A known good App-V virtual application package may fail with error 19-00001003 after adding a pre-launch script
Here’s a great new KB article we published today. If you’re seeing errors after adding a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/20/2011
VAppCollector launches even if System Center Configuration Manager/App-V integration is not enabled
Here’s a great new KB article we published today. This one talks about a potential issue you might...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/20/2011
Prescriptive Guidance for Sequencing Office 2010 in App-V 4.6 SP1
Here’s a great new guide we published on how to sequence Office 2010 using Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/17/2011
Error: HP Universal Printing | Invalid Address when using the Hewlett-Packard Universal Printer Drivers with Microsoft Application Virtualization
Here’s one more new KB article we published this morning. This one talks about how to allow App-V...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/13/2011
A VDI solution deployed using the Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 client appears slow to login
Here’s another new KB article we published today. This one talks about some of the causes and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/12/2011
Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client service fails to start with Symantec PGP Installed
Here’s another new KB article we published today. This one involves a conflict between App-V 4.5 and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/12/2011
Applications fail to launch with error 04-00000A04 after App-V 4.6 SP1 upgrade
Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptom After upgrading a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/03/2011
Microsoft Compiled HTML Help files (*.CHM) accessed within App-V packages fail to display correctly after Internet Explorer 8 is upgraded to Internet Explorer 9
Here’s one more KB article we published today. Enjoy! ===== Symptoms On a Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/27/2011
Considerations when Updating an App-V Read-only (Shared) Cache
Here’s another KB article we published today. It’s a regular fountain of new content! =====...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/27/2011
Rolling back an App-V server upgrade may result in clients receiving xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-00002002 errors
Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms When connecting a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/26/2011
App-V User Group Days in Europe
We have a strong independent App-V Community in Europe and they meet from time to time in Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/21/2011
New KB: Common dialogs fail to open in applications sequenced with Microsoft App-V
Here’s a new App-V Knowledge Base article we published this morning. If you’re seeing an issue where...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/12/2011
How to troubleshoot applications failing to stream from an App-V management server
Here’s a new App-V KB article we published today. If you ever need to troubleshoot issues...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/07/2011
How to troubleshoot failures when refreshing the publishing server on an App-V client
Here’s a new App-V KB article we published this today. If you ever need to troubleshoot client...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/07/2011
How to recover from accidently enabling System Center Configuration Manager App-V integration
Update: This is now published as a Knowledge Base article here. ===== Hi everyone, Alvin Morales...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/01/2011
How to configure App-V with Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Update: This has now been posted as a Knowledge Base article here. ===== Hi everyone, Alvin Morales...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/31/2011