Blogs from TMurgent
Tim is a Microsoft MVP, and a Citrix CTP Fellow.
He is an expert in App-V and MSIX.
In writing some apps for some APP-V 5 performance testing, I stumbled on a problem that was at least new to me.
I know that in App-V 5 the client will only run Virtual Services under the Local System account. But I didn’t know that it totally ignored the others, I thought it captured them and just changed the account. …
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a subscription add-on used by many enterprises with Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EA) that provides a number of software benefits. The software has recently been released on a twice-a-year basis, making the next version due sometime soon. Microsoft typically does not pre-announce release dates, so we can only guess that, based on the last release …
A small comment by Microsoft’s Thamin Karim at the European AppV User Group event in Amsterdam last week caused me to re-think streaming in App-V 5. It was one of those “duh!” moments that occur when something so obvious hits you and you realize that you hadn’t really thought about it and were operating on wrong assumptions.
The comment, which …
VDI is often categorized as either Non-Persistent or Persistent.
Non-persistent VDI is where you use a shared common image. Only one image to maintain. When the user logs off, the image is destroyed and the next time the user logs on they get the original image.
Persistent VDi is where the complete image is retained upon logout and the next …
OK. So a simple solution for every connection group situation isn’t going to happen any time soon. See recent posts in this series “Who Are You”? and App-V 5 Script Error 534 and A collection (so far) of #APPV 5 Client file visibility and blocking information. But here is one situation that I solved, and maybe that might help …
While I continue to try to get a better grip on connection groups, let’s continue documenting some of the side issues I have come across. Today, I’ll focus on a single package and either want to block visibility of a potential local installation or need to allow visibility of something local, like a license file.
In attempting to work solutions …
One of the frustrations that I have in working with App-V 5 virtual apps is remembering to forget everything that I know about how application virtualization worked before version 5. Quite often, the same concept is implemented just so slightly differently that I make assumptions about an app problem that is incorrect, simply because I “know” more than I should. …
Maybe there is something to AppV_Manage you’ll find useful. This free tool from the App-V 5 Tools section of the TMurgent website was recently covered as a great source for troubleshooting App-V in a Microsoft support blogpost on TechNet by Microsoft’s own John Behneman!
Check it out here: https://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2014/01/30/how-to-troubleshoot-app-v-5-0-deploymentconfig-amp-userconfig-script-deployment-failures-using-appv-manage.aspx …