Earlier in the year I had the pleasure and opportunity to travel out to Oz and NZ to present at TechEd. Firstly it was amazing to travel out and see such a fantastic country filled with excellent IT Pros asking some very interesting questions. It was a busy few weeks and I tried to take…
Tag: Sequencing
An update on sequencing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 with App-V
Back in October we blogged that the decision had been made to support using App-V to deploy Visual Studio 2010. We do not yet have an exact date for the availability of this functionality, but we do plan to make it available during the 1st half of calendar year 2011. We will keep you posted…
Fix: "Outlook experienced a serious problem" error when virtualized with Microsoft App-V
Just a quick tip on an issue you might run into when running Outlook 2007 locally and Outlook 2010 virtualized on the same machine. When you have a scenario like this, upon the first launch of virtualized Outlook 2010 you might receive the following error message: Outlook experienced a serious problem with the Microsoft outlook…
Solution: Multiple uploads and datasheet view features don’t work using App-V virtualized Office 2010
Recently I came across a request with virtual Office 2010 and SharePoint 2007 where Multiple uploads and Datasheet view were not available. The reason for this was that each component used a plugin in Internet Explorer that was not available during Internet Explorer launch. Then when VirtualOWSSuppmanager is launched it doesn’t find the plugins causing…
Sequencing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 with App-V
Since Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010 we have heard from numerous customers that they would like to deploy it using App-V. This is not feasible with the shipping products. Microsoft will be releasing updates to the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) products so that customers can use App-V to deploy Visual…
Additional Considerations When Upgrading an App-V Sequenced Application Package Using the Command Line
One advantage of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer is the capability of running via the command line. This allows for automating the sequencing of applications which do not require any special customizations in their guidelines or "recipes" for sequencing. The upgrading of a package can also be automated using the command line sequencer. The…
Fix: RSSOwl virtualized with Microsoft App-V fails to launch after the first attempt
After sequencing RSSOwl 2.x with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) you may be able to launch RSSOWL during the monitoring and the launch phase, however after the second launch (and subsequent launches) the application fails to start with an application-specific error: "There are no more files" Cause This occurs due to a sharing violation with the…
Fix: Error xxxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-0000E01E launching Cygwin for Windows when sequenced using Microsoft App-V
You may run into an unusual issue when running a virtualized sequence of Cygwin under Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). The application will sequence correctly and launch both during the Monitoring phase and the Launch phase, however when you attempt to launch the application in any deployment context you will get the following error: The Application…
Solution: Possible Side-by-Side error when sequencing Office 2010 on Windows Vista
During the sequencing process of Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) using the Microsoft App-V 4.6 sequencer you may get the following error: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect You may also receive an error similar to the following…
The Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V is now available
The Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V enables Office 2010 client products to be sequenced and deployed with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). The Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V is required for sequencing and deploying Office 2010 client products with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). This kit includes the components required for Office license…