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August 2008 - The SoftGrid Team Blog The SoftGrid Team Blog

  • The Top Three Rookie Mistakes - Part 1

    As the popularity of Microsoft SoftGrid/App-V continues to accelerate at a record pace, it seems that there's an ever-increasing number of folks who are new to SoftGrid and anxious to jump right in and stream their first virtual app.  While overall...
    Published Aug 28 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 106 views, 0 comments
  • SoftGrid/App-V: Using Virtualization to Fix Compatibility Issues

    A big advantage to SoftGrid or App-V is that you can run it on a Terminal Server - something some lesser application virtualization products don't do.  Being able to run on Terminal Server offers several critical advantages but it also leads...
    Published Aug 27 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 90 views, 0 comments
  • Assigning application packages on a per machine basis

    One of the major advantages SoftGrid has over some other virtualization technologies is the ability to deploy applications based on user or group membership.  Sure, if you've ever had to deploy applications the old fashioned way then you already...
    Published Aug 25 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 73 views, 0 comments
  • How to configure the App-V Management Server Service to run as a Service Account

    By default the App-V Management Server service is configured to run as the Network Service, but what if your company has a policy that requires the use of Service Accounts rather than running services as "Network Service" or "Local System...
    Published Aug 21 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 70 views, 0 comments
  • How to migrate the SoftGrid Server and the associated accounts to a new domain/forest

    This useful tip on moving to a new domain comes from Paul Freitas, one of our top gun support engineers out in Charlotte, North Carolina: ======== Say a SoftGrid Server is running in a production environment and the domain in which it operates is being...
    Published Aug 21 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 62 views, 0 comments
  • New Microsoft Licensing and Support for Virtualization

    This isn't necessarily SoftGrid or App-V specific but since it's virtualization related I figured you would want to be aware of this, especially since it involves changes to our support policy.  My own personal one line summary would be that...
    Published Aug 20 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 79 views, 0 comments
  • SoftGrid: Sequencing best practices and anti-virus software

    Should I run anti-virus software when I sequence applications or should I not? That's a question we hear all the time. And no wonder, since we mention in our sequencing best practices that our recommendation is to disable all anti-virus and malware...
    Published Aug 14 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 86 views, 0 comments
  • SoftGrid: Nortel Application Switch Technical Guide

    Have you ever seen one of those blogs where all the writer does is post about posts on other people's blogs?  Well that's not my goal here, although for the 2nd day in a row I'm going to have to poach something from Justin Zarb and his...
    Published Aug 14 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 54 views, 0 comments
  • In or around London? Check out the new Microsoft Virtualization User Group

    I was cruising the web this morning, just seeing what was new today, and when I stopped by Justin Zarb's Virtual World blog I see that he and a couple of his mates have managed to put together a pretty cool sounding user group for Microsoft virtualization...
    Published Aug 13 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 56 views, 0 comments
  • SoftGrid: A folder on a mapped network drive appears to be invalid when a virtualized application is run

    Here's a great tip from Jason Alanis, a real life SoftGrid support engineer in Texas.  While we don't see this terribly often it can be confusing when you run into it. ======== Issue: When a virtualized application was streamed to a client...
    Published Aug 12 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 54 views, 0 comments
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