Thursday, October 8, 2009

Application Virtualization (AppV)

So I've had some fun installing AppV 4.5 recently and thus far it's all been a little too easy.

Tip:
Install IIS first - including all the IIS6 management and the Windows Authentication components.
Certificate - Hey another ceritificate. Setup the site for SSL.
Active Directory - Create a AppV management and an APPV user group (and also a service account) before you install. Add your admin account to the management group.

Gotcha:
No 64-bit support till the next version (4.6) is released.
That means no Windows 2008 R2 installs and no 64-bit client.
This will bite you if you deploy 64-bit Windows 7 (Which I would always do given the choice)
Update: Got a copy of the 4.6 Public Beta client and will be giving that a bash.

...and now time to sequence some apps. More about that to follow.

1 comment:

  1. Update: App-V 4.6 is out. Long live 64-bit!
    Oh yeah and office 2010 on App-V rocks... check it out the pro tips at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/appvgeneralsequencing/thread/556c6d1d-bc9e-4094-ac6c-e4b5a1db6370/

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