Application Virtualization

The following are some of the common problems you may run into when using RTSPS. These are based on specific errors and their likely causes. Please bear in mind that some of these errors may occur under other contexts so understand that the context here is strictly related to RTSP.
Common RTSPS [...]

The Solution Accelerator team has released an updated guide: Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6.
This free guide, now updated for App-V 4.6, provides actionable guidance for planning your application virtualization infrastructure. With App-V, your organization can respond to the complex challenge of managing applications. This guide simplifies your App-V planning process. Updates now include information on how [...]

The documentation for Application Virtualization 4.6 is now available on the App-V TechCenter Library at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc843848.aspx. In addition to the App-V 4.6 feature information, in this documentation release App-v Team added a new Getting Started Guide which contains the Release Notes as well as the detailed procedures for installing and upgrading the system.  New Deployment [...]

Microsoft just announced that App-V 4.6 is now publicly available via MDOP 2010! 
In the update to the App-V Resource Kit, Microsoft are announcing two new tools for you.
Application Virtualization SFT View Tool
Use the SFT View Tool to provide scanners and automated tools with read-only access to .sft files. For example, you can install SFT View on App-V [...]

Microsoft recently released a new Knowledge Base article documenting a hotfix package for January 2010 that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
You can get all the details on the specific issues that are fixed as well as download the hotfix here:
KB978480 – Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft [...]

After you sequence an application that uses the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer version 4.5 or a later version, you have the option of generating a Windows Installer package to publish the application. If you try to publish a Windows Installer package that is located on a network share, you may receive the following error [...]

With the release of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 looming on the horizon, a question that seems to pop up over and over again is “Can I run all my apps that I sequenced using App-V 4.5 or 4.2 with the new App-V 4.6 client?”  Another one is “Can I run my old 32-bit packages using [...]

You may receive an access denied error message when you start the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (APP-V) client console by using the local administrator account.  Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx33-00000005
If you’re running into this issue then we just published a new Knowledge Base article you’ll probably be [...]

How to remove management servers from the management console?
Although there is no simple way to delete a single server from the management console what you can do as a workaround is essentially delete them all and then re-add the ones you want to keep.  It’s a real easy process and goes like this:
1) Run mmc.exe
2) Open [...]