We just published a new guide designed to help both new and experienced users of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) gain a better understanding of how the App-V 5.0 SP2 client processes packages and presents them to users. It provides details...

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 3 (App-V 4.6 SP3) is now available. This service pack provides the latest updates to App-V 4.6. Additionally, this service pack includes some improvements and a hotfix rollup. For details and instructions...

This article is a quick reference to determine Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 (App-V 5.0) file versions. This is helpful to support personnel in determining whether an environment is using the latest binaries.  To identify the build version...

Hotfix Package 3 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1 (App-V 5.0 SP1) is now available for download. To see what’s fixed and get a download link, please see the following: KB2897085 - Hotfix Package 3 for Microsoft Application Virtualization...

Hotfix Package 4 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2 is now available for download. It contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2 (App-V 4.6 SP2). To see what’s fixed and get a download...

This article describes the supported scenarios for various versions of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). The following product versions are included in this article:    - Microsoft App-V 5.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2...

Microsoft’s Ben Hunter has a great new post on some of updates we made to App-V 5.0 SP2: With the release of MDOP 2013 R2 on Dec 2 nd 2013, I would now like to provide you with more details on some interesting updates we have made to App-V 5.0 SP2 as...

Please be aware that Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Service Pack 2 (App-V 5.0 SP2) does not include a new version of the App-V Server. This means that currently the most recent version of the App-V 5.0 Server component is App-V 5.0 SP1. In addition...

This Knowledge Base article describes a hotfix package that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 (App-V 5.0) Service Pack 1 (SP1). This hotfix package is applicable only to the server that is running App-V 5.0 SP1...

We are excited to announce the broad availability of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2013 R2 for download . MDOP is a suite of virtualization, management and security technologies available as a subscription for Software Assurance customers...

Hi all, Following on from http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualworld/archive/2013/11/21/how-to-automate-the-creation-of-app-v-5-0-debug-command-prompts.aspx post, how do we automate the creation of connection group debug commands???? Firstly you need...

Hi all, I’ve been meaning to write this for a while now and finally have found some time to write it. Steve Thomas has written a great blog post that describes the new debug mode with the /appvve command shell switch but as described its not...

Hi all, We’ve seen this error a few times in App-V 5.0 deployments and thought it was time to show you why this error can occur. Problem This error code occurs when completing a global refresh on the client, but interestingly a user sync...

This article describes Hotfix Package 3 for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 Service Pack 2 (SP2). This hotfix package contains the latest hotfixes for App-V 4.6 SP2. For all the details including a download link, please see the following...

Ryan Cobb | Senior Premier Field Engineer Hi all, Ryan Cobb here with a little insight on repairing App-V packages. A question I’ve received more than a couple times from App-V administrators is “What’s the easiest way to retrieve a shortcut that was...

When an Application Virtualization database in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is hosted on an instance of a Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster, when the database fails over the App-V server cannot recover and...

~ John Behneman | Senior Support Escalation Engineer Hello everyone, John Behneman here again, this time with a tip on an issue I saw recently in Microsoft Application Virtualization. When publishing or unpublishing an App-V 5.0 package you may notice...

Outlook email signature settings are a frequent request for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) customers.  Because UE-V's replication mechanism is reliant exclusively on file and registry change settings, there are some limitations to...

~ John Behneman | Senior Support Escalation Engineer Hello everyone, John Behneman here again. I ran across an interesting issue the other day and thought I would mention it here in case any of you happened to see it. The issue involved Microsoft Application...

We’ve seen reports where RTSP and RTSPS authentication in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) fails after Live Essentials 2011 or later is installed.  This occurs because the installation of Live Essentials introduces a new Security Support...

When trying install a second Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Management Server instance against an existing database that was created using scripts, you may find that the installation fails and generates a 25109 error. This can occur if you...

Microsoft’s Thamim Karim just wrote a great article on how to share a virtual environment between a set of packages using Connection Groups in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1. If you’re not leveraging this yet then you probably...

~ Lars Iwer | Consultant II Here’s a quick tip on an interesting issue I saw the other day where a client was unable to open the Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Service Pack 1 client GUI. Double-clicking on the system tray icon had no visible...

Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Server Service Pack 1 is now available. You can find out what’s been fixed and how to download HP1 for App-V 5.0 SP1 at the following location: KB2873465 - Description of Hotfix Package 1 for...

Applications that are sequenced through the Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Service Pack 1 (App-V 5.0 SP1) sequencer may not be installed correctly when you try to add the package by using the generated MSI. The MSI setup starts, continues, and...