App-V 4.5 SP1 HF2 available on request

Sebastian pinged me the other day to let me know that 4.5 SP1 HFRU2 is available as special request from Microsoft Support. What is fixed? Ø The Error 41509 on the Mgmt. Server Ø The B004 Error on the Mgmt. Console, which happen if you have assigned a package to a group that is already…

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Looking for a New Career – How about Premier Field Engineering

Hi Everyone, I am really excited to tell you that due to our continued success Premier Field Engineering in the U.K. is looking to recruit some more Engineers to join our ranks. If you are interested in joining a dynamic and exciting team, and working for a great Company, and love working with a wide…

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Sequencing Microsoft Desktop Player

I try and sequence everything on my machine…. from Live Writer (my blogging tool of choice) to Office 2010 to the simple things like tools etc …. one day i will have to do a sftmime /query obj:app /short and publish my lonnnnng list of apps. I think sequencing applications just makes my life easier…

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MED-V 1.0 SP1 RTM and localized versions of App-V 4.6 are now available!

Over on the MDOP blog they have just announced the availability of the MDOP 2010 refresh , read more here http://blogs.technet.com/mdop/archive/2010/04/01/med-v-1-0-sp1-rtm-and-localized-versions-of-app-v-4-6-are-now-available.aspx But the quick info bits are: Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) 1.0 SP1 – now available for production deployment on Windows 7 Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 – localized client versions and additional languages…

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Implementing Citrix XenDesktop 4 on Hyper-V R2

With the Easter weekend upon us, I thought it would give you some time to have a play with a really interesting lab. Microsoft has posted up on the TechNet labs a great lab for Implementing VDI with Citrix XenDesktop on Hyper-V R2, using a number of tools such as SCVMM. You can do the…

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AppPlus and OSDPlus

dear me! i just cant keep up with all these new fantastic little tools that are being developed around little old app-v! The latest in a line of tools are from Duncan Murdoch who is developing OSD+. AppPlus has just announced a beta program. It is designed to allow the App-V community to trial the…

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Upgrades to Lib-V and SFT Encoder

I always enjoying hearing from our MVPs. They are some of our greatest assets for developing app-v and making your lives easier when moving to an app-v infrastructure. Kalle pinged me the other day (last monday to be exact!) to let me know that he had upgraded the versions of Lib-V (SFT encoding/decoding library, for…

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Attachmate Reflections Sequencing Guide

One of my good buddies Travis Guinn ping us the other day with the simple subject line : A Good Sign! And that it was … i love seeing ISVs knowing that App-V is in demand, and there customers want clear guidance from them on how to sequence an application. So when Travis pinged me…

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Making Applications Compatible with Windows 7 in a Virtualized Environment

I must visit and meet 1000’s of different customers over the course of a calendar year. I spend alot of that time discussing App-V and in these discussions around app-v i have a number of discussions around moving/migrating operating systems. On top of these discussions I end up talking about the Microsoft application compatibility toolkit…

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Windows Virtual PC – no hardware virtualization update now available for download

To add to my previous post about the guidance around Windows XP Mode for small/mid size businesses. An update was released to allow Windows XP Mode to be deployed to systems without hardware virtualization. The update to Windows Virtual PC to support running on systems without hardware virtualization is now available for download.  You can…

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