App-V FAQ #24: Can I use Active Upgrade without RTSP(S)?

September 2, 2010

Today’s FAQ has been written by Justin Zarb, all around good guy and a Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft in the UK. You can read more App-V articles written by Justin at his blog: http://appvguy.com/ This terminology is a little confusing. The "Active" was added in 4.x and referred to the fact that we could [...]

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App-V FAQ #23: How do I troubleshoot the App-V Management Server?

September 1, 2010

Common scenarios for troubleshooting the Management Server (or the Streaming Server) are connectivity issues between the client and server, opening the Management Console from a remote machine and upgrading the Management Server. Before you Deploy If you’re new to App-V I recommend reading the existing documentation on how to deploy the Management Server software to [...]

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App-V FAQ #22: Do I need to backup the App-V Management Server?

August 31, 2010

If you’ve deployed the native App-V infrastructure, you will have the following components in your environment: App-V Management Server (and optionally the App-V Streaming Server) Content share hosting the App-V packages Management database hosted on SQL Server Only two of these are critical – the Content share and the Management database. Backing up the Content [...]

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Configuring an Automatic Resolution Policy for Offline Files in Windows 7

August 25, 2010

If you’ve ever had any experience implementing Offline Files for Windows laptops, you’re no doubt aware that users are required to manually resolve synchronisation conflicts. Well that’s the impression I’ve always been under until recently – there’s no documentation on TechNet on how to automatically resolve conflicts and certainly no Group Policy controls available either. [...]

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We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled FAQs

August 24, 2010

I’m off in sunny Portugal, so there’s no App-V FAQs this week. Until next Tuesday, here’s what I’ve published so far: FAQ #1: What is Application Virtualisation? FAQ #2: What is Microsoft Application Virtualization FAQ #3: How is App-V licensed? FAQ #4: Where can I download App-V? FAQ #5: What are the current versions of [...]

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App-V FAQ #21: Does the delivery method change how applications are sequenced?

August 19, 2010

There are several deployment methods available for App-V and a number of ways to stream packages to clients – RTSP, HTTP, SMB and local disk. When creating an App-V package, the Sequencer provides protocol options (RTSPS, RTSP, FILE, HTTP and HTTPS), server hostname, port number and a folder path which are added to the generated [...]

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App-V FAQ #20: What are the deployment methods for App-V?

August 18, 2010

There are several methods that you can use to deliver App-V packages in your environment – you could even combine the methods depending on your requirements. I will summarise the methods here and give you some links to existing Microsoft articles and white papers and some excellent blog posts that discuss these options in detail: [...]

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App-V FAQ #19: Does App-V replace Citrix XenApp or Remote Desktop Services?

August 17, 2010

“Does App-V replace Citrix XenApp?” or “Is App-V a Citrix killer?” I’m surprised that this one keeps coming up although I’ve been hearing it for years. People make assumptions about the ability to stream applications to end-points with App-V and confuse this with remote presentation of applications. See the comments on this post as an [...]

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