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Pre-creation of Server objects may yield certain sub-optimal values in the App-V SQL Database

ften, App-V administrators will leverage multiple App-V Management Servers sharing a common database. The process usually involves pointing additional server to the existing SQL server and database during installation. Key databases values that govern server behavior will be stored in the DBO.SERVERS and DBO.SOFTGRID_SERVERS tables. These settings can also be configured using the App-V Server Management Console (navigating to Application

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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 activation. This product must be

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IDC updates server virtualization market numbers: “Virtualize first” is here

The other day the folks at IDC published their worldwide quarterly server virtualization tracker report. You can see the news release here. Some of the main takeaways are: 18% of all new servers shipped in Q4’09 were virtualized, up 3% year over year Sales of virtualized servers declined 14% for 2009 Virtualization licenses declined 7% for 2009, but were up

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Microsoft releases Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer

Whereas best practice violations, even very important best practice violations, are not necessarily problematic, they indicate server configurations that can result in poor performance, poor reliability, unexpected conflicts, increased security risks, or other potential problems. Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool that is available in Windows Server 2008 R2. BPA reports best practice violations to the administrator

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The Application Virtualization Sequencing SuperFlow has been released

Just a quick heads-up that the Application Virtualization Sequencing SuperFlow has been released. So what’s a SuperFlow? Think flowchart, but cooler and better. The SuperFlow series “is an interactive content model that provides a structured and interactive interface for viewing documentation.” The App-V SuperFlow that we just released visually maps out the sequencing process, and each section provides the relevant

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Customize RDP settings for Virtual Desktops

Microsoft has introduced a new MMC snap-in tool called Remote Desktop Connection Manager in Windows Server 2008 R2 for managing the in-box VDI solution from Microsoft. In this blog, I will explain how you can specify various RDP settings for the virtual desktops published using this tool. You can specify a different set of RDP settings for each type of virtual

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You may be unable to uninstall the App-V 4.6 Desktop Client

Microsoft App-V Team recently uncovered this issue and  they’re going to be publishing a Knowledge Base article on it very soon. Issue: Uninstallation of the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 desktop client may fail with no specific error message given.  If you collect a verbose MSI log you may see the following: SoftGrid Action: IsRuntimePackagePolicyCfgValid Details: NET_DOTIMEOUTMINUTES(#0) is invalid Also note

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Document Sequencing on Windows 7 with the Problem Steps Recorder

On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, there is a great troubleshooting tool called the Problem Steps Recorder (PSR). The PSR allows screenshots and details of actions to be automatically recorded and saved in a .MHT file that is automatically zipped. A user can send this file to Microsoft Support to provide an accurate account of steps to reproduce

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Configuring Remote Desktop certificates

Starting with Windows Server 2003 SP1, it is possible to provide server authentication by issuing a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate to the Remote Desktop server. This is easy to configure using the “Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration” tool on Server operating systems. Though no such tool is available on Client operating systems such as Windows Vista and Windows 7,

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Support for applications virtualized with a 3rd party sequencer in a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) environment

Below is a clarification of Microsoft’s support statement regarding applications virtualized with a 3rd party sequencer used in conjunction with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V): Microsoft Application Virtualization allows for the usage of applications sequenced by 3rd party sequencing products in App-V environments and Microsoft will provide support for App-V environments that contain these application packages related to all App-V client

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