Have you ever had a great idea on how to improve Microsoft Application Virtualization but weren’t sure how to communicate that idea back to the engineering team? Well now you can not only easily submit those ideas but vote for ideas others have submitted as well. Welcome to the Microsoft Application Virtualization customer feedback site!…
Step-by-step guide for upgrading your App-V 5.0 infrastructure to Service Pack 3
~ Matthew Keyes | Premier Field Engineer Hi everyone, my name is Matthew Keyes and I’m a Premier Field Engineer here at Microsoft. Lately we have been getting some questions from customers regarding the proper procedure for upgrading App-V 5.0 infrastructure to SP3 so I put together a quick step by step outline that will…
KB: SQL scripts to install or upgrade the App-V 5.0 SP3 Management Server database fail
You may be unable to install or upgrade the Microsoft App-V 5.0 Service Pack 3 (App-V 5.0 SP3) Management Server database if you use SQL scripts that were obtained by using the method that is documented in the "Support for Microsoft SQL Server clustering" section of the following Microsoft TechNet article: Planning for High Availability…
EMM Webcast with Brad Anderson & Michael Wallent
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is episode 2 of the ongoing “Success with Enterprise Mobility” webcast series. This episode will focus on how to effectively integrate your existing Configuration Manager expertise with Microsoft Intune and more efficiently manage the devices accessing your corporate network. You can register here. In this episode, Brad is joined…
SAP GUI Recipe for Microsoft App-V 5.0
~ Sebastian Gernert | Escalation Engineer Hi everyone, my name is Sebastian and I’m an Escalation Engineer in Germany for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). For a while now, one of my responsibilities has been to liaise with SAP so that APP-V 5.0 is a supported platform when virtualizing the SAP GUI, and now SAP has…
New webcast series on how to achieve success with enterprise mobility
There was a really cool Hybrid Cloud webcast series earlier this year by Brad Anderson (VP Enterprise Mobility) and Mark Russinovich (CTO Azure) that delivered some pretty good info in a short amount of time. (If you missed it, you can check out all three episodes here). I got a notice earlier this week that…
App-V Fix: You installed the latest security updates and now experience problems loading App-V applications
If you installed the latest security updates and found that you now have trouble launching some App-V applications, a fix is now available. The issue is that after you install security update 2984972, virtualized applications in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) versions 4.5, 4.6, and 5.0 may experience problems loading. When the problem occurs you receive…
October updates to the App-V content in the TechNet Documentation Library
Just a quick FYI that the following App-V topics have been updated in the TechNet library within the last few weeks. Enjoy! Topic Update made Virtualizing Microsoft Office 2013 for Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 · Moved this topic from the TechNet Solutions node into the App-V TechNet library to consolidate App-V material under…
Check out our new MDOP App-V and UE-V deep dives on Microsoft Virtual Academy!
Hi everyone, I wanted to share two great new MDOP Deep Dive courses available on Microsoft Virtual Academy here. First is a User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) Deep Dive from Aaron Ruckman, our Senior Program Manager on the MDOP Engineering team for UE-V and App-V. Course Abstract ? MDOP User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) makes it easier…
How to prevent a publishing refresh storm when configuring App-V client settings via GP and the MDOP Admin Templates
~ Ryan Cobb Hi everyone, Ryan Cobb here with a tip for scheduling client setting updates when using the MDOP GP Admin Templates. One of the options that the App-V 5 client has is the ability to configure some of the client settings through a Group Policy template, available here as part of the Microsoft…