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Tag: Windows Server 2008
Interesting Issue with App-V RC Build 4.5.0.1308 and Additional Management Server – Failed to establish a connection to the data source
This is quite interesting and is fixed in the RTM release but whilst your testing your RC releases of App-V its worth whiling knowing about this gotcha that can occur! as it has caught a couple of my customers out. So lets consider that we want multiple Management servers connecting to a remote SQL server….
Hyper-V Certification – A nice thing happened to me when I woke up!
I started to get nervous the other day when I got a mail saying that we should hear soon about our results of the Hyper-V Certification Beta. You never know with a Beta Exam whether you have really passed or really failed! However a pleasant wake up for me with an email telling me that…
Part 7 : Installing the RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8 on the client
This continues from Part 6. Ok Here is the topology we are following; Now I have installed a default installation of Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on my 2nd Virtual PC and joined it to the appv.internal domain. All I want to do is get the client installed and test the streaming functionality from my client…
Part 6 : Installing and Configuring the RC ADM Template
This Continues from Part 5. The topology for this is; The template focus is on registry settings that are well suited to controlling via ADM Template/Group Policy infrastructure and are the most likely to be customized. The ADM Template covers over 40 registry settings, including many of our newest features. For example, the ADM Template…
Part 5 : Configuring the Windows Server 2008 Firewall for RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8
This Continues from Part 4. The topology is as follows; Now we have installed the App-V Management Server on Windows Server 2008 we need to allow some ports to be open to allow client-server communication to take place. To do this easiest way is to use Program Rules. Program rule. This type of rule allows…
Part 4 : Installing the First Management Server on RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8
This Continues from Part 3. The Topology for this looks like; So now we have all our bits Installed on our Windows Server 2008 system. What I want to do is install the App-V management Server. To do this we need to get the source files from connect.microsoft.com . I have also gone into Active…
Part 3 : Configuring Windows Server 2008 with Certificates for RC App-V 4.5.0.1305/8
This post Continues from Part 2. The topology for this is; Ok so this is a bit of a long bit. I want to use App-V for secure communication over my network. The reason for this is that I want to allow my infrastructure to have the potential for secure communication over an Internet Facing…
Part 2 : Installing IIS 7 for App-V RC 4.5.0.1305/8
This post Continues from Part 1 The Topology for this is; So i know i am a little bit behind on my blogging so wanted to get this up to date! In this Part we need to get a few pre-reqs all sorted. So Lets get IIS Set up. Unlike the Beta Code we only…
Part 1: The initial Setup – Building your App-V RC test lab (using 4.5.1305)
I have a zillion things on the go these days and I have been meaning to upgrade my labs for a while. Its a handy task for us engineers in the trenches! There is always some little problem that comes up and knowing the process inside out really does help (no seriously it does!) It…