Hi there! Welcome to my blog. My name is Ivan. I am a Dutch IT Professional working as Principal IT Consultant. Microsoft App-V enables you to transform applications into centrally managed virtual services to reduce the cost of application deployment, eliminate application conflicts and reboots, simplify your base image footprint to expedite PC provisioning, and increase user productivity.
Microsoft Application Virtualization (MS App-V) platform allows applications to be deployed in real-time to any client from a virtual application server. It removes the need for local installation of the applications. Instead, only the App-v client needs to be installed on the client machines. All application data is permanently stored on the virtual application server. Whichever software is needed is either streamed or locally cached from the application server on demand and run locally.
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App-V: Office 365 Pro Plus and SAP EPM COM Add-in loading issue
In the past months I have been working and supporting building a Windows 10 1709 image, updating core applications and upgrading App-V software packages. The client migrations are now ongoing where several issues have pop-up during the switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10. New Office 365 Pro Plus installation... -
MDOP: Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2015
With release of Windows 10, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) has been updated for their latest desktop operating release. Ue-V is still missing major upgrade as my initial testing showed it is not ready for production deployment yet! I will convert my enterprise image to Windows 10, use SCCM as deployment... -
App-V: What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1
It’s time to start planning the upgrade to App-V 5 environment. With SP1 getting released recently I am going to zoom into the features and infrastructure. I am happy with my 4.6 environment now and with the upgrade to major release of 5 I except even more. I am downloading... -
AppV: how to migrate content share for OSD and ICON file references?
When engineering information systems it is important to take right decisions and be sure they are sustainable for the upcoming years. Two years ago I implemented a full App-V infrastructure model architecture with a central management server and branch office streaming servers. The system was ready and fully functional for... -
AppV: how to install prerequisites AppV management server from command line Win2k8 R2?
When setting up a Microsoft Application Virtualization (AppV) management server you need to prepare your OS with couple of prerequisites (mainly for IIS and SQL server database engine). I am running the AppV manament server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 release. There are several ways to install the IIS... -
AppV: Streaming virtual application from FILE
AppV server supports different options to steam your SFT deployment file. RTSP, RTSPS, FILE, HTTP and HTTPS are the protocols available for the Server URL. Currently I am evaluating to use the FILE option and store the virtual package on a file share. I am using the RTSP protocol and... -
App-V: What should I do before I start Sequencing an application?
Sequencing application is a creation process where you create packages that can be delivered to the end user. The App-V sequencer monitors the installation process for an application and records all necessary files , services and registry settings needed for that application to run in a virtual environment. With Application... -
App-V: How to hide the Q: drive in Windows Explorer?
Microsoft App-V client is very important part of the Microsoft’s Virtual Application solution. The App-V client integrates itself into the infrastructure by publishing the applications to users. The App-V client creates a local cache file called sftfs.fsd (Windows 7 = C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Application Virtualization Client\SoftGrid Client) where application packages are stored. During... -
App-V: Sequencing Microsoft Project 2010
If you are using Microsoft App-V technology and planning to sequence Office 2010, Visio 2010 or Project 2010 please make sure you install the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V binaries. Today with a co-worker we were working on sequencing Project 2010 and at some point during the installation we’ve got the...
References
- Technet – Application Virtualization Whitepapers
- TMurgent – Your Destination for Application Virtualization
- Aaron Parker’s Stealthpuppy
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting App-V with log files
- Network devices that use RTSP Inspection may cause problems
- RTSPS server certificate and network service permissions to private key (certificate could not be loaded)
