SQL Enterprise Server 2005 is used to create and maintain the database instance needed by the SoftGrid system to track and collate usage, license and application statistics for the entire Organisation. This database is important for a number of reasons- without it, the SoftGrid Clients will default to disconnected mode, in which only applications stored…
Year: 2007
SoftGrid 3.1 Sequencing Best Practices (Technically out of date)
General DisclaimerThis is a copy of a document created by Softricity, Inc specifically to provide assistance in sequencing applications using the system. It was developed for Sequencer v3.1. While it is technically out of date, the material is still relevant and for the most part, correct. Areas of change or difference have been noted in…
The SoftGrid Streaming Process
1.1 SoftGrid Streaming Process The sequences of events that occur when a user runs an application via the SoftGrid® client are as follows: – The PRE STREAM scripts are run. – The client connects to the SoftGrid® Server. – Launch data is streamed from the SoftGrid® Server to the SoftGrid® Client. -…
Nice Overview Presentation and Demo
One thing I like is seeing people do some good work out on the field. Kevin Sullivan is a TSP over in the states and has done a really nice live meeting for the education sector! However it can be applied to many other business sectors in the field. Check Kevin’s demo presentation and demo….
So I have the 4.1 Software, What’s the difference!
I am going to do two things in this blog! Talk a little bit about the versions of SoftGrid you can get (i.e. Terminal Services and Windows Desktop) and then drill into what you get in the CD. So I wanted to start with an architecture diagram. In this diagram we can see the basic…
Can I sequence my old NT4 app’s!?
Well the answer is easy ….. No!? Or is it….. This is really a two fold statement. We do not have a sequencer for NT 4.0. So basically you cannot sequence your application from NT 4.0 directly and put them straight into your Windows XP SoftGrid environment! So if that’s the case, how do…
Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack including SoftGrid and Sys Internals – 1/2 day technical overview
Ok So Mr Bennett and I are running the SoftGrid Section of a technical community day at TVP on the 28th March! Some details are on http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/07/microsoft-desktop-optimisation-pack-including-softgrid-and-sys-internals-1-2-day-technical-overview.aspx But the overview is the below! If your a Partner I would seriously get down to TVP and ask a million and one questions! We will be frank and…
Start to look at Troubleshooting – Simple
If you have a problem with streaming a package it may be worth you checking some of the following; Make sure that your package is pointing to the right location for content if it’s in a sub directory. This has caught me out in the past when I first started….. Also, Check that your…
Give SoftGrid a try (Virtual Labs)
So Microsoft do some nice little tools to allow the community to “try before they buy”…… its almost like a supermarket! Anyway, so there is a virtual lab that will test your nerves and grit on what Softgrid does. You can play with the Softgrid Connector for System Center (SMS 2003) and do a bit…
Branch Office Design………….. Part 1
Ok so I have started drilling into the New Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server Branch Configuration Guide. Its change slightly from the old softricity days and this is to help us develop some of our core developing plans. Now I have some views that I would have liked to have seen in the Branch…