The Case of App-V 4.6 Duplicate Package GUIDs

When the App-V sequencer creates a GUID for the package that needs to be unique.  If somehow two packages get the same GUID, you will run into an error at deployment and need to re-sequence.

In older releases, people would run into this issue if they took a VM snapshot with the sequencer up and running.  Typically, they create the …

App-V 4.6: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and More

App-V 4.6 delivers big integration benefits with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and more

[Note: This is an updated version on 1/6/2011 of the original 2/22/2010 post based on recent information provided by Microsoft on Branch Cache.  See also this post: https://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=306  ]

 While many of us have been waiting on the release of App-V 4.6 so that we …

Windows Server 2008 RDS CALs and App-V Licensing

Windows Server 2008 RDS CALs and App-V Licensing[1]

Note: This article is outdated and remains only for historical purposes. Licensing for App-V has changed over time, especially with the App-V client becoming part of the Client and Server OSs in Windows 10 and Server 2016.  Licensing for App-V is now covered by a companies Enterprise or Education Agreement with

Virtualization Deep Dive Day 2010

What a great day of training and education and networking! This year’s event was no less than awesome. With over 200 people registered for the event, watching live from four sites in two countries, and a great lineup of speakers who gave nothing but deep technical content, everyone had a blast! Well, except for Lee Benjamin, who got snowed …

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New Look Blog

In an attempt to improve my blogging here on my own site, I have made some updates.  Most of the old posts, which were very space limited, have been brought over and will be removed from the old main page of the site.

This new software will enable better looking, and more complete postings, as well as things like RSS …

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