Two new OSD Policies for App-V

Microsoft has informed us of two policies that exist for the OSD that, up to now, had been undocumented.  It is unclear when these policies were added, but clearly they are supported in 4.6, and they may have been around for years.

These policies, now documented in The OSD Illustrated (an interactive online application that depicts and describes the entire …

Tim Mangan named MVP (again)

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Well I received my notice today.  Microsoft has named me a “Most Valuable Professional”, or MVP, for Application Virtualization (App-V) for another year.  Not a huge surprise, but one always gets nervous until it arrives.

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Updates on Microsoft App-V

There is some news regarding App-V to share.
1. App-V 4.5 SP2 Upgrade Released

2. Microsoft Releasing “Pkg” format specification

3. TMurgent releases free tool to read “Pkg” files

4. TMurgent releases White Paper and Video on App-V 4.6 DSC and Transparency

These are more fully described in my other blog at BrianMadden.com

New Free Tool: PkgView for App-V

Have you ever wanted to see what was captured in the App-V user or global PKG file? 

For the last 4 years, on and off, I have been trying to build a tool to do just that.  And for just as long I have been really close to having such a tool, but not close enough to release one.  I

New Tool: XenApp Publishing Extensions 2.0 for App-V

The XenApp Publishing Extensions 2.0 are two tools that enable easy publication of applications to your XenApp 4.5 or 5.0 farm.

Once you have deployed App-V virtual applications to your XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 Farms, you will want to publish the shortcuts to users. This can be a slow and tedious process  for App-V virtual applications when using the XenApp …

Citrix Technology Professional Award

I am pleased to announce that I have just been named a Citrix Technology Professional (CTP).  The CTP is Citrix’s version of the Microsoft MVP.  I rewards professionals that contribute to the community and establishes a two-way dialog with the company, both to improve our understanding of Citrix and as a conduit so that Citrix can access the industry …

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Briforum 2009 Videos Released

BrianMadden.com has released the videos from the 2009 conference for free viewing.  This includes three sessions that I ran:

This is a session we modified at the last minute when we got permission from Microsoft the night before to show 64-bit app sequencing using an unreleased build of what would become the 4.6 release.  It was quite a coop and …

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