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…
Tag: Softgrid
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…
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…
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…
Can I sequence my old NT4 app’s!?
Well the answer is easy ….. No!? Or is it….. This is really a two fold statement. We do not have a sequencer for NT 4.0. So basically you cannot sequence your application from NT 4.0 directly and put them straight into your Windows XP SoftGrid environment! So if that’s the case, how do…
Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack including SoftGrid and Sys Internals – 1/2 day technical overview
Ok So Mr Bennett and I are running the SoftGrid Section of a technical community day at TVP on the 28th March! Some details are on http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/07/microsoft-desktop-optimisation-pack-including-softgrid-and-sys-internals-1-2-day-technical-overview.aspx But the overview is the below! If your a Partner I would seriously get down to TVP and ask a million and one questions! We will be frank and…
Start to look at Troubleshooting – Simple
If you have a problem with streaming a package it may be worth you checking some of the following; Make sure that your package is pointing to the right location for content if it’s in a sub directory. This has caught me out in the past when I first started….. Also, Check that your…
Branch Office Design………….. Part 1
Ok so I have started drilling into the New Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server Branch Configuration Guide. Its change slightly from the old softricity days and this is to help us develop some of our core developing plans. Now I have some views that I would have liked to have seen in the Branch…
What Gets Virtualized in Softgrid
SystemGuard provides the most extensive virtualization on the market. In addition to virtualizing Windows Services, it virtualizes per user, per application instance (I emphasis this bit! It is not a computer based distribution methodology!), every critical application component including the Registry, file system, DLLs, COM/IPC, .INI files, process environment and fonts: Registry: SystemGuard creates…