The MDOP December servicing release is now available

We are pleased to announce that the MDOP December servicing release is available for immediate download.

Issues fixed in this update

For App-V 5.1 RTM, this servicing release fixes the following issues:

• Group-specific functionality is incorrectly made available to other groups if the Optional feature is used.
• Using Dynamic Virtualization, file handles are not closed when a shell extension is unloaded. This issue can cause Explorer.exe to keep DLL file handles after a shell extension unloads them. This can block upgrade of the shell extension.
• After the first-time sync of a Connection Group (CG) on the device, newly added packages to the CG are not enabled.
• When you install the App-V Server management database (DB) by using SQL scripts, an SQL error is reported. The workaround that was first documented in App-V 5.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now incorporated into the SQL scripts to eliminate this error.
• The FullVFSWriteMode tag in a Sequencer template is ignored. (This issue is not fixed in the update. However, it is fixed in the latest Sequencer installer. To get the installer, please contact your Microsoft Customer Service and Support representative.)
• On the Server Management console, applying an action to a filtered subset of packages actually applies the action to all packages.

For MBAM 2.5 SP1, this servicing release fixes the following issues:

• A SQL deadlock issue occurs when multiple users from different domains try to access the database at the same time.
• A device that has a mounted, unencrypted, removable drive (for example, an SD card) can cause increased CPU usage and the inability of the device to enter the low-power state.

Improvements in this update

For App-V 5.1 RTM, this servicing release makes the following improvements:

• The App-V 5.1 server update installer now links to the correct content (Privacy Policy and the "App-V 5.1" page).
• The App-V Client, RDS, and Server now have the same build number.

For MBAM 2.5 SP1, this servicing release Makes the following improvements:

• The GPO description and the Invoke-MbamClientDeployment.ps1 MBAM deployment script for Bitlocker XTS-AES support are updated. The Microsoft Download Center provides the following download and installation instructions:
  • The updated GPO: Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Group Policy Administrative Templates
  • The updated deployment script: Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring - Client Deployment Scripts

 

For complete details please see the following:

3198158 - December 2016 servicing release for Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3198158)

J.C. Hornbeck, Solution Asset PM
Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Group

Comments

• Anonymous
  December 13, 2016
  I think there is still an issue with the reporting database scripts. I run them on the SQL server and it creates the database ok but when I run the App-V installer and select reporting server and fill out the correct details it gives me an error saying the database needs to be upgraded. Any workarounds to this?
• Anonymous
  December 15, 2016
  Please make the new Sequencer installer available for download or make sure the Win10 ADK is updated at the same time that a new Sequencer is available.
• Anonymous
  December 15, 2016
  Does the MBAM fix deal with the SQL 2016 block during install?
• Anonymous
  January 04, 2017
  As the client is only an update release to the 5.1 RTM client we still have to install the unsupported Visual C++ 2005 redistributable as a pre-requisite. Is this not a bizarre security oversight? It's been out of support for months.
• Anonymous
  January 04, 2017
  The comment has been removed
• Anonymous
  January 09, 2017
  "Group-specific functionality is incorrectly made available to other groups if the Optional feature is used. " Which optional feature please?
• Anonymous
  February 19, 2018
  Can this blog be maintained and updated?