Blogs from TMurgent
Note:This is part of a series on App-V 5.0: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
Plowing my way through the new Sequencer. Looking at the options page of the sequencer, the ParseItems look a little different.
One of the most important jobs of the sequencer is to make the package Machine, OS, and User neutral. …
I haven’t posted a sequencing video in a while, so I was due. Then a customer queried me about dealing with a large package. When I looked into the question, I found that the way I used to deal with large packages isn’t supported by the sequencer any more (when did that change?).
So I worked out a …
I was working with an Application Service Provider client this week that was having issues with deploying QuickBooks Professional to their Citrix XenApp Servers using App-V. Quick Books is a bit of a pain to sequence, as you need to work around their licensing strategy which is tied to the CPU. We have had a recipe for years that works …
The latest installment in this video series is now out. A look at App-V 4.6 SP1 and solving a Windows 7 Jumplist issue with App-V and the application Skype.
Runs 32 minutes.…
App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer added a lot of detection logic to help identify issues with attempted sequencings. One of those features was the detection of device drivers, as virtualizing device drivers is not supported. I have seen this feature working in the past, and assumed that I could count on it. Maybe not…
In a comment here on the blog…
We held our first training class on Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 last week in Malmo, Sweden. During the class, we ran into an “old friend” that entered the room using a new disguise. Although we thought he died, our friend the duplicate GUID still lives on. To explain…
When application packages are sequenced with App-V, a package GUID (Globally Unique …
Delivering Customization without the bits
“Microsoft App-V 4.6SP1 offers a new opportunity for ISVs and Enterprise IT Administrators to create and use pre-customized application software as virtualized applications. This is a two sided benefit to the industry. ISVs can pre-virtualize their applications, transforming the end customers job of sequencing even the most complex applications into a task that can …
