Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator

This is friking cool! You need to have a play with this! download this now and play around on this bad boy! The tool is so easy and funky to use its great! Try it out……   Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator Beta 1 Now Available! Are your existing servers and desktops capable of…

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Interesting Interviews from ITForum

Whilst I was hard at work over on the Windows Server 2008 stand’s or as a friend said to me, I was “working hard but hardly working” and sent me the photo to prove it!!! Yikes! Just to let you know I throttled Edwin Yuen SCVMM Product Manager on Guitar Hero’s…… however Virtual Tennis 3…

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Andrew Montgomery’s Top 5 New Application Virtualization 4.5 Features

Andrew posted to the Application Virtualization blog the other day discussing his top 5 features that he like on the new 4.5 beta release. Now I like some of the features, but my top 5 would look a little different. Items around Scalability (Branch Office), Security, SCCM R2 Integration, etc would be up there for…

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SoftGrid Public KBs from November 2007

So I went high and low on my list of KB’s for November and not a Application Virtualization one could be found! So We are safe for another month!   You can find all KBs SoftGrid Related for 2007 below! SoftGrid Public KBs from January 2007SoftGrid Public KBs from February 2007SoftGrid Public KBs from March…

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Microsoft Application Virtualization: Sequencing Adobe CS3

J.C put up a handy post on the step by step configuration process for Adobe CS3…… you should know this one as it has been spoken about a few times…. see; http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/archive/2007/09/23/error-53256-sequencing-adobe-cs3.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/archive/2007/10/26/adobe-cs3-error-53256-utf-8-or-ansi-fileinfo-dll.aspx ————————- If you’ve ever tried to virtualize Adobe CS3 then I’m betting you ran into the issue below.  Fortunately there is a…

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Micro Branch Scenario

I saw this great little discussing around the Micro Branch Scenario that Gene Ferioli was discussing. In the 4.5 Help file we describe the Micro Branch Scenario as the following; Micro Branch ScenarioThis scenario is ideal for environments where you need to deploy applications to Clients on workstations in small branch offices where server-class machines…

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Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC)

One of our great team posted some information to the Technet Forum. A question was asked around contexting, which Lidiane (Lead PM) and Matt responded too. I have grabbed the main chucks of information around Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC) but you should read the whole thread!   The “contexting” feature we introduced in SoftGrid 4.5…

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Setting up an Application Virtualization Server in "Secure Mode"

Gene published this to the SoftGrid Team Blog while i was out on Annual Leave (I went to Ireland to enjoy the Black Gold!)….. For all you faithful readers here it is! ————————————– Hi Everyone!  My name is Gene Ferioli and I am a Senior Program Manager on the SoftGr……  Errrr.. I mean Microsoft Application…

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A really handy tool! Windows Server 2008 App Logo Tool

So I am sitting across from Steve Bell on the “Windows Server 2008 Software Logo Program and Application Compatibility” stand (I know, long name!). Steve is a Senior Product Manager for Logo and Application Compatibility. Steve and I have had long discussions around the tool and I will be writing a series of articles towards…

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Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 is Now Available in Beta!

I am getting the odd spot here and there to catch up with old friends! Graham Bell and Patrick Jaspers has been helping on the MDOP stand. On the other hand I have had the pleasure of beating Edwin Yuen on Guitar Hero’s many times…….. as he has had the pleasure of smashing me on…

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