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Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook

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Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Deploying App-V client updates through SCCM 2012 R2


This recipe will show you how to deploy App-V client updates through Microsoft SCCM. A key advantage of SCCM over Group Policy deployment is that you do not need to combine the hotfix with the original App-V installer to deploy the update.

Getting ready

It is assumed that you have installed the App-V client installed on a Windows 8.1 client.

In addition, you should download the latest App-V hotfix; the latest information on App-V hotfixes can be found on the App-V team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/. This example will use App-V 5 SP3 Hotfix 2, which is listed under Microsoft KB3060458.

How to do it...

The following list shows you the high-level steps involved in this recipe and the tasks required to complete the recipe (all of the actions in this recipe will take place on the server with the hostname SCCM):

  • Obtain and extract the latest App-V hotfix.

  • Publish the update package to your clients by using SCCM.

The implementation of the preceding...