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4.6

I explain in this post what’s Appv 4.6 and how to create virtual package, install and configure appv 4.6 client for Windows 7.

For information, Application Virtual 4.6 is include in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2010.

Microsoft Application Virtualization Technical Overview

Realize greater efficiency and responsiveness for software deployments and updates.

Application virtualization is at the heart of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). It decouples applications from the operating system and enables them to run as network services. Application virtualization can be layered on top of other virtualization technologies—network, storage, machine—to create a fully virtual IT environment where computing resources can be dynamically allocated in real-time based on real-time needs. App-V’s patented application virtualization, dynamic streaming delivery, and centralized management technologies make everything from deployments and upgrades to migrations and business continuity initiatives easier and faster with better agility:

Application virtualization: Enable applications to run without the need to visit a desktop, laptop, or terminal server. Applications are no longer installed on the client—and there is minimal impact on the host operating system or other applications. The most extensive virtualization technology on the market, App-V virtualizes per user, per application instance, as well as key application components. As a result, application conflicts and the need for regression testing are dramatically reduced.

Dynamic streaming delivery: Applications are rapidly delivered, when needed, to laptops, desktops, and terminal servers. In most cases only a small percentage of the application is needed to launch the application. Additional components are delivered when transparently requested by the application. This results in faster delivery of the application when needed.

Centralized, policy-based management: Virtual Application deployments, patches, updates, and terminations are more easily managed via policies, and administered through the App-V console or via your ESD system. Use Microsoft App-V Application Virtualization to help reduce the complexities inherent in enterprise application management. With App-V you can reduce challenges and transform your computing environment into a dynamic, services-oriented infrastructure.

	Standard Operating System Environment: In standard OS environments, applications install their settings onto the host operating system, hard-coding the entire system to fit that application’s needs. Other applications’ settings can be overwritten, possibly causing them to malfunction or break.
	The Virtual Application Environment: With application virtualization, each application brings down its own set of configurations on-demand, and executes in a way so that only it sees its own settings.
	Side-by-Side Virtualization: Each App-V enabled application brings down its own set of configurations and can run side by side without the settings conflicting with each other—or the host operating system. Despite this separation, inter-application communication with other App-V applications and those installed locally is preserved, allowing for cut and paste, OLE, and all other standard operations.

For download all appv 4.5 and 4.6 sources, you must subscribe to the software assurance at Microsoft company HERE and for APPV 4.6 download on Connect Website

Explore the benefits related to your Volume Licensing program, and how they can help you throughout the software management lifecycle.

Please note that benefit requirements and eligibility may vary depending on the products you own and the number of licenses you have.

For over detail clic HERE

Ok, Cool LET’S GO……

All prerequisites:

• A Domain controller installed and configured
• A appv server 4.5 installed and configured
• A wokstation with Windows 7 (Insert in domain with the appv sequencer 4.6)
• A wokstation with Windows 7 (Insert in domain with the appv client 4.6)

A – For start, i explain how to capture a appv application with the sequencer.

Prerequisites for the fist step:

• Workstation with Windows 7 (any version)
• Sequencer APPV 4.6 sources
• One package lol (Calendrier in my example)
• Create a logical disk partition for the cache Appv (Q: in my example)

1 – Install the sequencer on a worsktation with Windows 7 from scratch, start the sequencer and clic on create a package

2 – Insert the name of package, version etc.. and clic on Next

3 – Clic on Begin Monitoring

4 – Insert the name of folder, install execute you package example here calendrier and install ( select Q:\8.3 folder type)

5 – Clic on Stop after install your soft (in my example calendrier soft)

6 -Clic on Next

7 – Verify the information in clic right on a component, select edit and after you can continue in clic on Next

8 – Clic on Lanch All for verify the good execution of package

9 – Close the application and clic Next

10 – Clic on Next

11 – Clic on Finish

12 – After select the save icone for extract your new package with the sequencer and finish

Prerequisites for the second step:

• Workstation with Windows 7 (any version)
• Client APPV 4.6 sources

B – Installation of the Appv 4.6 Client on Windows 7

1-Clic on setup.exe an clic Next

2 -Accept the licence Agreement and clic Next

3 -Select Custom and clic Next

4 -Clic Next

5 -Clic Next

6 -Clic Next

7 -Clic Next

8 -Insert the display name of server, the appv server name, select Application Virtualization Server and clic Next

9 -Clic Install

10 -Clic On Finish

- 11 – Finish, the client is installed and operational     ——————            (Logical disque Q:\ appear after you reboot the computer…)

C – Cool , you can now deploy a appv application with the management server… OR ——————-      (for insert a appv package SCCM is under…)

I was preparing copies of your screen showing how a virtual application (i select ccleaner for my example) work on a windows 7 workstation, you will find the screenshots below:

1-I activate ccleaner on my appv server OK (Select Enable)

2 -I launch the application and cool the process start…in popup…

3 -Ok, now the application source (ccleaner) is download in the cash client and the programs start!

4 – Demonstration Finish

Prerequisites for the third step:

• A Server SCCM 2007 R2 configured
• Packages Appv 4.6 create by the sequencer (in my example : Mozilla Firefox)

D – How to Insert a package in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2…

1-Right clic on packages tab and select New >> Virtual Application Package

2 – Import your appv package (in my example: Firefox) and Clic Next

2-Select Remove and Clic Next

3 – Specify the data source of package files with browse tab and clic on Next

4 -Clic Next

6 – Clic on close

After inserting the appv package in sccm, he just have to deploy via a SCCM advertisement on your client …:-)

Finish All…

Bye Michaël Bertuit

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What’s New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for February 2010

The following information lists the topics that contain significant changes since the January 2010 update.

Supported Operating Systems and Hard Disk Configurations for Operating System Deployment

- Updated to clarify that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are supported by operating system deployment in Configuration Manager 2007 SP2.

Operating System Deployment Task Sequence Variables

- Updated to add the _SMSTSTimezone task sequence variable.

Apply Network Settings Task Sequence Action Variables

- Updated to correct the name of the OSDDNSSuffixSearchOrder task sequence variable.

Log Files for Operating System Deployment

- Updated to correct the location of the CreateTSMedia.log file.

How to Verify That Site Information Is Published to Active Directory Domain Services

- Updated to clarify that Configuration Manager 2007 does not use the msSMSSiteBoundaries attribute for the site code object.

Program Properties Page and Program Name Properties: Environment Tab

- Updated with corrected information that Allow users to interact with this program is available only when Program can run is configured for Only when a user is logged on or Whether or not a user is logged on.

Configuration Manager in Multiple Active Directory Forests

- Updated to clarify that to discover a computer resource in another forest by using Active Directory System Discovery, there must be a forest trust between the site server forest and the forest where the computer is located. The absence of the trust is also added to Troubleshooting Discovery Issues and the troubleshooting entry « Discovery Does Not Return Any Results ». For more troubleshooting information about this requirement, see The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog post: Configuration Manager AD system discovery will not work across external trusts starting with Service Pack 2.

Thanks a lot to Sources

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Just a post for you if you want download the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 Documentation.

For download clic Here

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I find a great post to how to for Deploying the MED-V Client via an Electronic Software Distribution Method such as SMS2003 / SCCM 2007.

This article describes one method that you can use to deploy the MED-V client using SMS/SCCM. The method that is described in this article is not the only method that is available. Additionally, you may have to modify the information in this article as appropriate for your particular environment.

Distribution Software (SCCM or SMS) as an alternative to the MED-V Deployment Package Wizard

For many system administrators, there will be a need to deploy the client silently without user interaction. While the MED-V Package Deployment Wizard does create a streamlined installation, it does require user interaction and was not designed to be deployed via SCCM or SMS. It was designed as an alternative.

Installing Pre-requisite Software

Because MED-V v1 requires the Virtual PC 2007 virtualization engine, most MED-V deployments will require at least a partial deployment of Virtual PC. The Virtual PC 2007 SP1 installer (included with MED-V version 1.0) can be fully automated.

Here is an example of a command string to leverage with an installation script for Virtual PC 2007:

%SystemRoot%\System32\MsiExec.exe /i « <PackagePath>\x86\Virtual_PC_2007_Install.msi » /qb! REBOOT=ReallySuppress ALLUSERS=1 /l* C:\Build\Logs\VirtualPc2007.log

Once the Virtual PC engine has been installed, a required QFE update is also needed prior to the deployment of the MED-V client. Since this is an .MSP file (installer patch) we will need to use the MSIEXEC /update option as follows:

%SystemRoot%\System32\MsiExec.exe /update « <PackagePath>\x86\KB974918-x64.msp » /q /l* c:\qfelog.log

For more information on command-line options for installing Virtual PC 2007, please refer to the following link:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/c/44ccd131-67fb-4224-a96e-193be1765b43/relnotes.htm

Installing the Client

All of the options that can be specified during an interactive installation can also be installed from the command line. For example, the command string below will deploy the MED-V client with an alternate local images folder as well as a pre-configured server configuration:

%SystemRoot%\System32\MsiExec.exe /i <PackagePath>\MED-V_1.0.72.msi /qb! REBOOT=ReallySuppress VMSFOLDER=D:\MEDVImages START_AUTOMATICALLY=1 SERVER_ADDRESS=medvserver01.contoso.com SERVER_PORT=80 START_MED-V=0 MINIMAL_RAM_REQUIRED=2048 SERVER_DOMAIN=contoso.com ALLUSERS=1 /log C:\Build\Logs\MEDVClient.log

For more information on command-line options (including all options) for installing the MED-V Client, please refer to the following link:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee348961.aspx

For see the the total post clic HERE

Thanks a lot at the team MED-V for this information!

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The new version of Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 SP1 documentation  is available on Connect.

What’s News:

Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) enables deployment and management of Microsoft Virtual PC to address key enterprise scenarios, primarily resolving application compatibility with a new version of Windows.

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) removes the barriers to Windows upgrades by resolving application incompatibility with Windows Vista or Windows 7.  MED-V delivers applications in a Virtual PC that runs a previous version of the operating system (for example, Windows XP).  And it does so in a way that is completely seamless and transparent to the user. Applications appear and operate as if they were installed on the desktop, so that users can even pin them to the task bar.  For IT administrators, MED-V helps deploy, provision, control, and support the virtual environments.

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization is an integral tool in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, a dynamic solution available to Software Assurance customers that helps reduce application deployment costs, enable delivery of applications as services, and better manage and control enterprise desktop environments.

MED-V 1.0 SP1 will add host support for Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit) and will be released in the first quarter of calendar year 2010.
Similarly to MED-V 1.0, MED-V 1.0 SP1 will leverage Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to provide an enterprise solution for Application compatibility, and enabling the deployment of Virtual PCs across the enterprise.