In our training class on App-V 5 SP2 two weeks ago (yes, I did do the class using the Service pack less than a week after the release), we had a problem in one of the labs and saw a new client error 0x8AD. I won’t name names, but the student causing all the chaos is visible in the photo …
Author: Tim Mangan
Tim is a Microsoft MVP, and a Citrix CTP Fellow.
He is an expert in App-V and MSIX.
Is App-V 5.0 SP2 the release to use?
Yesterday, Microsoft released App-V 5.0 SP2 as part of MDOP 2013 R2. (The photo on the left is from the MVP summit two weeks ago with myself, Nicke Kallen, Aaron Parker, and Adam Kiu of the App-V Dev team. He couldn’t tell us when the release would come down, but clearly his work had been completed and he was one …
AppV 5 Connection Group “Pellucidity” and Deletion Objects
I have written a new “white paper” on App-V 5. This one looks at package “pellucidity” (the layering effect caused by the settings “override local” or “merge with local”), and package deletion objects and how these are implemented at the client when you use Connection Groups.
As it was in 4.6 with DSC, all is not as simple as you …
Training my VDI Desktop Images for Quick Boot
I am constantly building new VM desktop images for my lab, here are some tips on how I am doing it.
I use MTD to make life easier. If unfamiliar, MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) is free, simple, and has a lot in common with SCCM task Sequence deployment, but will less overhead. I have a lot of standard stuff I …
App-V 5 and App Related Data
One of the big benefits of App-V has always been that applications that needed certain kinds of remediation to work today were automatically dealt with.
I’m talking about apps that were developed without complete support for multiple users (or multiple tenants), or for apps that assumed systems that have no security protection to write to common locations.
We just sequenced …
App-V Usage Survey Results (un-scientific)
Earlier this year I placed a survey on the TMurgent home page for folks to provide some simple input about their App-V usage. This post provides a review of the results of the highly un-scientific survey. I didn’t advertise the survey nor did we have an email campaign.
The entries were made between January and September of this year. And …
AppV is Hot Now
Microsoft App-V seems incredibly hot right now, with everyone getting ready to jump on App-V 5 when SP2 comes out. There is way more activity in this space than I have ever seen!
I have been running training classes on App-V for over six years now. Back when Microsoft bought Softricity, I saw an interest spike. But it was …
Translation of On App-V Performance
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Last week, I wrote a blog post On App-V 5 Performance which received a lot of attention. From the response, it is pretty clear that my message was not understood. I am a geek, so it is not that unusual. So let’s try to fix that here. Here is an English translation of my thoughts: |
The message that I attempted …