Monthly Archives: August 2010

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

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 … Continue reading

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Configuring an Automatic Resolution Policy for Offline Files in Windows 7

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 … Continue reading

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We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled FAQs

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? … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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