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Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide

By : Augusto Alvarez
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Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide

By: Augusto Alvarez

Overview of this book

Microsoft's Application Virtualization technology has been emerging as one of the main platforms in application virtualization. This is mainly because more and more organizations are thinking about application virtualization as a valid implementation; also because App-V represents probably the most attractive solution. App-V introduces a new and efficient way to improve operating systems and application life cycles in organizations. However, if we want to maximize our investment we must learn that every scenario and application differs from another, as does complexity.With Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide administrators will find detailed topics for understanding App-V components, architecture and implementation models; as well as step-by-step guidance to master App-V processes. There is also guidance on integrating App-V with other robust platforms like VDI, SCCM 2012 and even virtualizing server applications. Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide will start by giving readers the means to discover unfamiliar topics in App-V, as well as understanding App-V's architecture. By doing so, it will provide the baseline needed before shifting to advanced topics in App-V, like complex scenarios for sequencing and deploying applications. The book details scripting within App-V, as well as handling the platform using the command line; there is a complete review of troubleshooting installations, sequencing and deploying applications. Integration is another key component we will cover by introducing App-V in VDI and SCCM 2012. Server applications are not forgotten with Server App-V, using this book the reader will have a detailed understanding, with how-to steps to virtualize server applications.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 2. Sequencing in Complex Environments

All of us working in the IT sector know that technology, platforms, infrastructure, and implementations do not always work as we would find in a step-by-step article. We know that every scenario that we could work in may require some tweaks to adjust our implementation.

App-V is one of the greatest examples of how a technology can adapt to almost any given scenario: integrating with other existing platforms, different implementation models, and the variety in the delivery methods.

If we are talking about the sequencing compatibility of applications, we are quite sure that almost any application is suitable for packaging, but sequencing complex applications could require several hours of analyzing, installing, packaging, and testing the virtual environment, to finally get it ready.

There are several parameters and options we can use in the sequencing process in order to complete an application virtualization, such as, editing the Exclusion Items...