The Peps over in Boston Released the OpsMgr Management Pack for testing RC up on connect! To simplify Application Virtualization Server management, the App-V team is excited to make available a RC version of our App-V 4.5 System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack (OpsMgr 2007 MP). It has just been posted over on the…
Tag: Windows XP
Virtual Server and Virtual PC get a bit of an update!
I use both of these application day in and day out. So when these updates products get an update to support new guest with service packs than you just gotta get the update! Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en Release notes: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&displaylang=en Details: Virtual PC 2007 SP1 adds support for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows…
MDOP ROI Calculator
I was delivering a chalk and talk last Tuesday to a great team of chaps….they traveled on the way up to TVP (Microsoft HQ in the UK) to have me throw up a few discussions on Citrix/TS and application virtualization, in 4.1 and 4.5…. the standalone scenario and SCCM. was great fun!! I was asked…
How to deploy SoftGrid MSI’s under Limited User context
This was a nice little post that Ment van der Plas wrote. Its funny cos it helped in a discussion that I was having Matheesha who works in another team but does a similar job! The discussion was around delegating permissions to allow application installations virtualized and non-virtualizaed. ——————————————— One of the main advantages of…
SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2 Availability
So here we are! That update time again! Hot Fix Rollup 2 for Softgrid 4.1 and 4.2 has been released! I am pleased to announce public availability of SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2. This cumulative update for SoftGrid v4.1 SP1 and v4.2 provides the latest updates to SoftGrid. In addition to stability improvements, this…
MCS Sequencing Guidelines
So the team has just published the MCS Sequencing guide! Which is really handy for newbies and re-enforces concept to all the old heads :o) for sequencing. All of us have added one bit or another to the guide so it use to be a helpful internal tool to help people …….. Now its yours…
4.5 Beta and Globalization/Localization
I saw this from Shelley Lau on the Application Virtualization Team blog and thought this is actually a really important message. I mean think about it…… how many Windows Platforms dont use English? and what is Softgrids current support policy on non-English languages ….. don’t remember well read here http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/archive/2007/06/11/softgrid-on-windows-platforms-internationalization.aspx Basically, today does not have…
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…
Announcing the Infrastructure Planning and Design Series and New Releases for Virtualization!
As I got home tonight I Saw this great new whitepaper. Architect for Success! New Guidance to Plan and Design Infrastructure for Application and Server Virtualization. Download them Today! This is a really exciting release for the Solution Accelerators Team. The concept of the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) series is to distill down…
Error When Sequencing Excel 2007
Bob put a post up on the SG team blog which is a nice post, he has spotted some errors on sequencing Excel 2007. Its a handy FYI post and to be aware of so keep this in the back pocket!! ———————- Here’s a problem I ran into a few days ago that I thought was…