This week, we have released more guidance on deploying Office 2013 with App-V 5.0 through MVA. In this 4 module course, I discuss licensing, planning, package Creation, deployment, and caveats when delivering Office 2013 through App-V 5. The full course content can be found here: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/deploying-office-2013-with-app-v If you want to bypass the course and just…
Month: December 2014
App-V 5: On the PackageSourceRoot
One way App-V client administrators are able to centrally control and override content streaming locations has been through a client-based content-path override. In App-V 5, this is called the PackageSourceRoot configuration item. The PackageSourceRoot configuration item is used to override the Package URL of the individual package retrieved from the publishing server. Otherwise, the package…
MDOP 2014 R2 is now Available!
The latest version of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack has been released! This release includes UE-V 2.1 plus App-V 5.0 SP3! For UE-V, this includes some significant addition of features including: Credential Roaming Support Improved Office 2013 integration (especially email signatures) Support for cloud-based storage paths!? For App-V 5.0 SP3, we have fixed several issues…
App-V 5: On Background Streaming
Several years ago, I wrote an article for the App-V team blog on the Autoload feature that was first introduced in App-V 4.5: http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2009/07/28/understanding-the-autoload-feature-of-microsoft-app-v-4-5.aspx. The combinations and scenarios (not to mention, the potential network storms that could occur from post-upgrade default settings) yielded a necessary detailed explanation. The Autoload feature continues in App-V 5 in…