The SoftGrid Team Blog

A Complete Guide to SQL 2008 App-V Database Migration

2012-02-08T16:59:24Z

Hi everyone, John Behneman here. The purpose of this article is to outline the steps necessary to migrate or move a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Database from one SQL server 200X to SQL server 2008 R2. This article assumes that the Read More......(read more)

How to remove File Type Associations on the App-V Sequencer

2012-02-02T18:17:11Z

When using Package Accelerators with the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 1 (App-V 4.6 SP1) Sequencer you end up with EXACT same package as the one used to create the Package Accelerator. In the case of Microsoft Office, you will Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Enterprise Product Roadmap Webcast

2012-01-19T17:16:22Z

Please join us for a high level discussion into Microsoft software investments designed to cover most of the major product lines. This will be a 35,000 foot view into the following areas: Windows Family Virtualization Office System Unified Communications Read More......(read more)

Sequencing Microsoft Office 2010 and Dynamics CRM 2011 using App-V 4.6 SP1

2012-01-12T17:00:05Z

Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here. Recently a customer wanted to sequence Microsoft Office 2010 with Dynamics CRM 2011 using the Offline mode with Outlook, and although we don't have an official support statement on this (meaning we haven’t fully Read More......(read more)

App-V: How to Adjust/Increase/Reduce the RTCP/RTP Port Ranges for Use with RTSP

2011-11-29T19:02:44Z

Here’s another great article I found over on the TechNet Wiki that was written by Microsoft’s very own Steve Thomas. This one walks you through how to adjust, increase or reduce the RTCP/RTP port ranges for use with RTSP in App-V: ===== To stream applications Read More......(read more)

Launching an App-V virtualized application on a Remote Desktop Web Access server launches the wrong virtualized application

2011-11-28T22:19:28Z

Here’s another KB article we published today. This one tells you how to fix an issue where trying to launch a virtualized application on a Remote Desktop Web Access server ends up launching a different one: ===== Symptoms When users login to a Remote Read More......(read more)

Important Additional step when Sequencing the .NET 2.0 Framework in App-V 4.6 and above for Windows XP Clients

2011-11-28T19:29:28Z

Here’s a great article I found over on the TechNet Wiki that was written by Microsoft’s own Steve Thomas. This one talks about an important additional step you need to take when virtualizing (sequencing) .NET 2.0 Framework in App-V 4.6 and above for Windows Read More......(read more)

App-V database jobs fail with error - “Executed as user dbo. The server principal “sa” is not able to access the database under the current security context. [SQL State 08004] error 916”.

2011-11-17T14:44:46Z

Here’s one more KB article we just published today. This one talks about an issue where App-V database jobs fail if you have the wrong DB selected I the SQL Server Jobs configuration: ===== Symptoms The App-V Management Server installation creates database Read More......(read more)

Prescriptive Guidance for Sequencing Office 2010 in App-V 4.6 SP1

2011-10-17T14:08:20Z

Here’s a great new guide we published on how to sequence Office 2010 using Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1. I didn’t want to post the article in it’s entirety here but there’s a brief intro below as well as a link to the KB itself at Read More......(read more)

A VDI solution deployed using the Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 client appears slow to login

2011-10-12T22:47:00Z

Here’s another new KB article we published today. This one talks about some of the causes and solutions to an issue where a VDI solution deployed using the App-V 4.6 SP1 client appears slow to login: ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario: 1. Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client service fails to start with Symantec PGP Installed

2011-10-12T20:56:30Z

Here’s another new KB article we published today. This one involves a conflict between App-V 4.5 and PGP: ===== Symptoms The Microsoft Application Virtualization Client service may fail to start on App-V 4.5 clients running on machines that also have Read More......(read more)

Applications fail to launch with error 04-00000A04 after App-V 4.6 SP1 upgrade

2011-10-03T18:26:21Z

Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptom After upgrading a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 client to App-V 4.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1), applications may fail to launch with the following error: The Application Read More......(read more)

Rolling back an App-V server upgrade may result in clients receiving xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-00002002 errors

2011-09-26T16:35:35Z

Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms When connecting a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client version 4.5 or later to a legacy Softgrid server (i.e. one running a version prior to 4.5) you may get the Read More......(read more)

How to recover from accidently enabling System Center Configuration Manager App-V integration

2011-09-01T15:34:47Z

Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here. When System Center Configuration Manager 2007/Application Virtualization (App-V) integration is enabled, System Center Configuration Manager takes over for the App-V client and runs an SFTMIME “delete” operation Read More......(read more)

How to configure App-V with Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB)

2011-08-31T19:24:17Z

Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here again. I recently came across several cases here in support where folks were looking for the steps needed to configure Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) with a Microsoft Network Load Balancer (NLB) setup Read More......(read more)