One of things I do internally is review KB articles each month, I normally focus on platform related kb’s. I felt that this may be a handy resource for the Community to be kept aware off. Remember that KBs are symptom based and should not be applied unless you have a specific issue. I will do this each month…
Owwwww ex-Softricity Marketing Video!
I had to laugh when we saw this “Softricity” video! its one of those videos you just have to cringe at and smile! Wanted to share this with the world! Its quite a stark contrast to Chad’s Video below….. What is SoftGrid? – Soapbox on MSN Video I wonder how much this…
SoftGrid MDOP Video with Chad Jones
Chad Jones has got a nice demo and overview up on the web. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/enterprise/videos.mspx Its right at the bottom of the page! Or you could just click the link below 🙂 If you get to see Chad at TechEd or one of the other events, pin this man down and get chatting to him…… That’s…
Understanding the OSD
I came across this great link which gives a really nice rolling example of what the OSD functions are and how the xml looks. http://www.tmurgent.com/OSD_Illustrated.aspx Its a really good thing to see and play with. This small tool allows you to explore the xml syntax of the OSD file in an interactive way. Place mouse…
How to edit multiple OSD
So you may come to a point in time where you have deployed a load of OSD to your content directory and than you need to update these files! It might be just changing the server name or even adding the winVista reference into the OSD tags. So you can script this or you can…
ADMs? What ADMs?
Its tough enough managing an enterprise environment today without the added presure of managing seperate management interfaces. Currently we (Microsoft) have no natural feature rich ADM files that you can sling into Active Directory and set attribute changes to the client registry. There are a few ADM files out there on Internet. The below is an…
Using Scripts with SoftGrid
The chaps out in Boston are doing some great work at the moment and have even started getting there blog going! I will probably point to the Team a lot when important notes do pop up. Anyway they also done an excellent post on scripting in SoftGrid The original post is http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2007/04/18/using-scripts-with-softgrid.aspx or just feel free…
SQL 2005 Server Installation
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…
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. -…