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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

Summary


In this chapter, we've completed a comprehensive analysis of the App-V integration with System Center Configuration Manager 2012, not only analyzing the main benefits, requirements, and considerations, but also putting our hands into the deployment of SCCM 2012.

Integrating App-V application with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 is much simpler than what we've seen with SCCM 2007. There are a few suppressed steps (such as enabling virtual application support in SCCM or adding programs manually to the console, to deploy a package), and the UI improvements facilitate the work of all of IT administrators.

In this chapter, we've looked at the basic concepts in SCCM and App-V integration—components involved and the delivery methods existing for distributing virtual applications. This last topic is an important matter when we are designing our infrastructure, since an incorrect delivery method could result in several infrastructure problems as well as provide bad user perception...