Tag: app-v

New MP: Microsoft Application Virtualization Server 5.0

This is a new management pack. There is available MP for for the previous version 4.5 of App-V. The new MP provides the following features:

  • Discovery of the Application Virtualization 5.0 Services: Management, Publishing, Reporting
  • Alerts indicating availability/configuration/security issues that require administrative intervention
  • Collection Rules defined for significant events in ETW logs of each App-V 5.0 Service
  • Verification that dependent NT services are running
  • Notification of security issues involving admin access attempts, admin added/deleted on App-V 5.0 Management Server

Download it from here and remember to read the guide first before implementing.

UE-V and App-V Documentation is released

Microsoft released documentation for their new product UE-V and the new version of App-V:

  • Microsoft User Experience Virtualization Deployment Guide – This guide describes how to deploy Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V). It first describes the UE-V components and then shows you how to prepare for deployment and provides step-by-step instructions for deploying the UE-V Agent by using the following tools and technologies: Group Policy software installation, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, and scripted installation (e.g., command prompt).
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Documentation Resources Download Page – Here you can download all documents related to the old version of App-v 4.6 and the new one 5.0 also.

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2

App-V 2.6 SP2 was released. The changes in the new release are:

  • Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 – App-V 4.6 SP2 adds support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services.
  • Support for Coexistence with App-V 5.0 Client – App-V 4.6 SP2 provides support for coexistence with the App-V 5.0 client.
  • Customer Feedback and Hotfix Rollup – App-V 4.6 SP2 also includes a rollup up of fixes to address issues found since the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 release.

 

The service pack can be download from here.

MVA: Windows Server 2012: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Courses from Microsoft Virtual Academy about Windows Server 2012  pop-up almost every week. Soon a new course will be released titled Windows Server 2012: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Here are the videos to that course:

E-learning eBooks free downloadable documents and guides – App-V 5, SCCM 2012, Windows 8 and MDT

Technodge.co.uk is sharing some free e-books and guides. Here is the list:

Microsoft virtualization App-V 5

  • Microsoft-Application-Virtualization-AppV-5-Client-setup
  • Microsoft-Application-Virtualization-AppV-5-server-setup

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Installation-Part-1
  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-WSUS-setup-Part-2
  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Discovery-Methods-Part-3
  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Configuring-Client-settings-Part-4
  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Endpoint-Protection-Part-5
  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Deploy-software-updates-and-Build-Collections-Part-6
  • System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Operating-System-Deployment-Part-7

Windows 8

  • Windows 8 Keyboard Short Cuts

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

  • Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 configuration
  • 2 Microsoft Deployment servers on the same network
  • Intergrade Microsoft’s deployment tool kit 2012 into System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
    You can download them all by going on this link.