App-V will be in Windows 10 Core!
Great news for the App-V community… This week, Microsoft finally announced that they will be releasing App-V into the core of the Windows 10 operating… Read More »App-V will be in Windows 10 Core!
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Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V
Just in case you missed it, Microsoft released the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V which will is required for sequencing and deploying… Read More »Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V
SCCM SP2 R2 – it must of have been the Turkey
Article by Danny Knox It must have been “feast induced drowsiness” that cause me to miss this. Had to be. I was trolling for technology… Read More »SCCM SP2 R2 – it must of have been the Turkey
Test Office 2010 beta without installing it!
Article by Danny Knox Ya, right. Part of my proof of concept work aside from MDOP delivery, SCCM/MDT and desktop I/O is to demo up… Read More »Test Office 2010 beta without installing it!
Bring back Zero Touch (SoftGrid/App-V)
Article by Danny Knox Microsoft – why did you kill the radio star? The application virtualization product formerly known as SoftGrid prior to Microsoft’s purchase… Read More »Bring back Zero Touch (SoftGrid/App-V)
Reflections on Windows 7 Launch
Article by Rob West As my esteemed colleague Jorge points out, it has been a busy summer (and now autumn) for us on this team,… Read More »Reflections on Windows 7 Launch
MMS2009 – Few Thoughts and Highlights
As always, MMS 2009 is not only a technical conference with lots of good content and “what’s new” on the Microsoft system management tools sets… Read More »MMS2009 – Few Thoughts and Highlights
MDOP 2009 released
A new version of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) was realsed early April and includes includes MED-V v1.0, a cummulative update to App-V andupdate… Read More »MDOP 2009 released
How to Integrate App-V into SCCM without losing the features you care about
Article by Rob West Over on the Innovative Technology Weblog, my former colleague Kevin Reejuwijk has posted a great article about one my greatest excitements/disappointments… Read More »How to Integrate App-V into SCCM without losing the features you care about
App-V Podcast
Download details: AppV™ Application Virtualization WWindows Springboard Series: AppV™ Application VirtualizationKarri Alexion-Tiernan, Director in the Windows Client division, unveils the latest version of this technology… Read More »App-V Podcast
MDOP 2008 R2 RTM
Huzzah! MDOP has been updated! The App-V Blog : MDOP 2008 R2 Releases to Manufacturing! MDOP 2008 R2 Releases to Manufacturing! In case you missed… Read More »MDOP 2008 R2 RTM
App-V 4.5 RTMs
Well, we missed posting the scoop on this, as we were all at the Microsoft Virtualization Launch yesterday in Bellevue, rocking out to Live and… Read More »App-V 4.5 RTMs
4Sysops review on Altiris SVS Professional Streaming System
With Symantec’s purchase of AppStream, the application virtualization story is starting to get more complicated. If you’re a long time SoftGrid/App-V fan, you should read… Read More »4Sysops review on Altiris SVS Professional Streaming System
Application Virtualization Comparison Chart
One of the things I do on a weekly, if not more frequent basis, is talk about Application Virtualization, and even for someone who breathes… Read More »Application Virtualization Comparison Chart
SoftGrid is dead! Long live App-V!
SoftGrid is no more. Microsoft has officially announced that the new name of the technology formally known as “SoftGrid” will henceforth be known as App-V.… Read More »SoftGrid is dead! Long live App-V!
AppVirt 4.5 on Windows Server 2008
I decided to take a chance on the possibility that I could get MAV 4.5 Beta running on Server 2008 before a demo I have… Read More »AppVirt 4.5 on Windows Server 2008
Citrix + Softricity + Microsoft – Softricity = ?
In the old days, Softricity was a partner of Citrix. Citrix is a partner of Microsoft. And Softricity was a partner of Microsoft, but is… Read More »Citrix + Softricity + Microsoft – Softricity = ?
SoftGrid 4.1 and 4.2 hotfix rollups available
For those of you who have jobs and can’t watch the Microsoft KB article feed, you may have missed a couple of Hotfix Rollups for… Read More »SoftGrid 4.1 and 4.2 hotfix rollups available
Free Webinar: Desktop Management – The Business Value of Application Virtualization
I thought some of you might be interested in a free event that our team is putting on, centered around the business value of virtualizing applications. For Infrastructure Optimization wonks like myself, this technology is poised to become the centerpiece of many future IO engagements for me and our team. Registration is free, and the webinar is an hour long.
MDOP 101 – What’s so great about the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack?
If you haven’t already heard of it, you will: The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, or MDOP for short, is an add-on subscription for customers with… Read More »MDOP 101 – What’s so great about the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack?
Wither SoftGrid ZeroTouch?
My colleagues and I have been hearing a lot about Windows Server 2008 and Terminal Services RemoteApps. Very cool stuff: it’s a great way to… Read More »Wither SoftGrid ZeroTouch?
Microsoft AppVirt Ala Carte 4.5
If application virtualization wasn’t on your IT radar screen with the previous 4.x versions that were Softricity SoftGrid I’d strongly suggest your IT enterprise get… Read More »Microsoft AppVirt Ala Carte 4.5
AppVirt Test Drive – On-line hands-on labs
Buckle up AppVirt drivers! Microsoft has just released a set of “hands-on labs” for those of us that need to break something before we learn… Read More »AppVirt Test Drive – On-line hands-on labs
Office 2007 And AppVirt
Best Practice Alert – did you folks in the app-virtusphere know that Office 2k7 was not initially designed for virtualization? I’m a bit bemused by… Read More »Office 2007 And AppVirt
Virtual Applications – going mainstream!
Doing some research this week, I ran into a website called www.jumpbox.com which is a company that provides server-based software installations using Virtualization technology… Essentially they… Read More »Virtual Applications – going mainstream!
Virtualized Infrastructures….
Just a small pause to reminisce about the future we are heading into…. During a client-call yesterday we heard the “very many challenges” that data… Read More »Virtualized Infrastructures….
Software as a Service – Are ISV’s ready?
Most people I talk to want to implement Application Virtualization to improve internal operations. Refreshingly, the conversation has been shifting over the past few weeks… Read More »Software as a Service – Are ISV’s ready?
Client Computing: Thin or Clean…
Thin is in again – but with a twist… You don’t have to be thin, just clean …. For a bit over 3 years now,… Read More »Client Computing: Thin or Clean…