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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

Handling the virtual environment


Fortunately the flexibility that App-V provides lets us work and edit almost anything in the sequencing process, like we've seen by editing the parsed or excluded items, or by editing the virtual environment.

The virtual environment can be reviewed and edited using the SPRJ (Project File) of the application or as soon as we complete the sequencing wizard. The options we can edit in the virtual environment are as follows:

  • Files: All the application files captured and included in the package.

  • Virtual registry: The registry keys used by the application, which, again, are only going to be available for the application we are virtualizing.

  • Virtual file system: A detailed view about the files stored in the Q:\, including those which are redirected to the C:\.

  • Virtual services: Embedded services in the application that are captured in the sequencing process.

  • OSD: This is a more practical view of the OSD file, which contains an XML-formed view. Using this tab, we can easily...