The Official Microsoft App-V Team Blog
Your official source for all the latest news and tech tips for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V).
What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1 and User Experience Virtualization 1.0 SP1
Curious what’s new with App-V and UE-V? Stephen Rose from our Springboard Series Blog can help fill...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/11/2013
Two new Microsoft Office 2010 Package Accelerators for App-V v5 are now available
Just wanted to let you know about a couple Package Accelerators that are now available for App-V v5....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/11/2013
KB: Known issues when creating or using an App-V 5.0 Office 2010 package
This document contains a list of known issues with App-V 5.0 Office 2010 packages built using the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/10/2013
KB: How to sequence Microsoft Office 2010 in Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0
This document describes one method that you can use to sequence Microsoft Office 2010 for use with...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/10/2013
Now available for download: Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0
This hotfix package addresses the following issues: Issue 1 When you try to run Sample Manager on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/21/2013
How to use App-V to virtualize Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 - PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Hi all! This is Vladimir from the App-V team and today I wanted to give you a quick tip on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/06/2013
How to manually uninstall the App-V 4.6 SP1 client
Hello everyone, John Behneman here, and in today’s post I wanted to pass along a tip that might come...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/28/2013
Your guide to must-have App-V 5.0 migration resources
Looking for the best resources for your App-V v5 migration or deployment? If so then Microsoft’s...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/27/2013
New hotfix for potential issue with App-V and ConfigMgr 2007
If you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 with App-V then you might want to take a look at...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/19/2013
Support Tip: App-V client service fails with Error 1114: A Dynamic Link Library (DLL) initialization routine failed
Hello everyone, John Behneman here, and today I wanted to tell you about an interesting App-V issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/13/2013
How to Sequence Visual Studio 2012 in Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP2
Looking to get a head start on virtualizing Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 with App-V? If so then this...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/06/2013
Where are all my App-V apps?
Just a quick heads up on a new Configuration Manager hotfix we released that may affect some of you....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/28/2013
KB: 64-Bit UE-V applications crash on exit when Citrix EdgeSight is installed
This isn’t really App-V specific but since this is our short-term temporary home for UE-V content I...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/28/2013
How to collect App-V 5.0 debug traces
Hi all! This is Vladimir from the App-V team and today I want to show you how to collect App-V 5.0...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/23/2013
KB: Keepass.exe fails to synchronize settings with Microsoft User Experience Virtualization 1.0 (UE-V 1.0)
Here’s an issue we’ve seen a time or two here in support so I thought it would be worth a mention in...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/22/2013
KB: HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error when launching the App-V Management Console
Here’s a new KB article we published today. This one describes an error you’ll get when trying to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/16/2013
KB: Error granting access to an App-V package: Invalid input was passed
Here’s one more App-V KB article we published today. This one discusses and issue where using the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/15/2013
KB: The Server App-V sequencing process fails with "The Sequencer could not stop the MSIServer service"
Here’s a new KB we published on an issue in App-V where the sequencer errors out and package...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/15/2013
How to sequence the Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Admin Console with Microsoft App-V
Hi everyone, Somaning Turwale here. I recently went through the process of sequencing the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/08/2013
Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Integration
written by – Ozge Yavuz, SDE Introduction App-V 5.0 “isolates” virtual...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 01/03/2013
KB: Virtualized applications fail to launch and generate 00-000000C3 errors in sftlog.txt
Here’s a new KB we published on an issue where App-V applications may stop working when the client’s...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/17/2012
KB: How to use PowerShell to find packages in App-V v5 client connection groups
Looking for a way to find packages in Microsoft App-V v5 client connection groups using PowerShell?...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/13/2012
KB: Publishing Servers are automatically removed from App-V v5 clients
Just a quick heads up on a KB article we just published. When you deploy a virtualized app to an...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/12/2012
KB: Five common App-V v5 implementation scenarios
Here’s an new KB article we published that is particularly interesting. In the article, it talks...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/12/2012
KB: Adding a package version in Microsoft Application Virtualization returns error 0x8007012F
Here’s a new KB article that tells you how to fix an issue where removing and then adding the same...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/12/2012
KB: Launching a virtual application fails with error code 0x3E500D05-00090001
Here’s another new KB article we published. This one tells you how to fix an issue where launching...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/11/2012
KB: How to provide fault tolerance and load balancing in Microsoft App-V v5
Here’s a KB article we just published on how to implement high availability (HA) and load balancing...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/11/2012
KB: How to adjust the App-V v5 Publishing Server Refresh schedule
Here’s an new KB article we published that I think you’ll find helpful. This one explains how to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/11/2012
KB: Domain Trust requirements for deploying App-V v5 across multiple domains using the Full Infrastructure model
Just a quick heads up on a KB article we just published. This one explains the domain trust...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/11/2012
KB: Launching a virtual application fails with error code 0x4C40660C-80070005
Just a quick heads up on a KB article we just published. This one describes an issue where an App-V...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/11/2012
KB: Supported Configuration Manager and Microsoft Application Virtualization scenarios
Just a quick heads up on a KB article we just published that describes the supported versions of...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/10/2012
KB: Launching a virtual application fails with error code 0x41E04304-00000028
Just wanted to let you know about a new App-V article we published. This one talks about an issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/10/2012
Scripting and Embedded Scripting for AppV 5.0 (Dynamic Deployment and User Configuration Scripting)
written by Josh Davis, SDET 2 One of my early surprises at Microsoft was when I was working on a...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 12/10/2012
KB: Deleting a package in Microsoft Application Virtualization fails with Error code 0000B005
Here’s a KB we just published that talks about a condition where the status displayed in the FCS...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/04/2012
App-V 5.0 Client PowerShell Deep Dive
written by - Robert Doverspike, Software Development Engineer PowerShell allows system admins to...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2012
Sequencing for Connection Groups
written by – Naveed Ahmad, Senior SDE 1 Introduction Connection Group is comprised of two or...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 11/29/2012
System Center Blogs: Now on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone
If you liked the original System Center Blogs app that was published last year for Windows Phone and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/27/2012
KB: How To Enable Debug Logging in Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
Here’s another UE-V article that I thought I’d share here for now, at least until there’s a better...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/19/2012
App-V v5: One of the biggest releases in Microsoft Application Virtualization history
Greetings! Last week, Karri announced the general availability of MDOP 2012, which included the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/07/2012
MDOP 2012 available for download: Now with more App-V version 5 and UE-V!
In case you missed the announcement on the MDOP blog a couple days ago, MDOP 2012 is now available....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/07/2012
Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2 Now Available
Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2 (App-V 4.6 SP2) is now available. This...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/07/2012
New KB articles for UE-V in MDOP 2012
Here are a few KB articles we released in anticipation of the Microsoft User Experience...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/01/2012
New KB articles for App-V version 5
We just published a few new KB articles in anticipation of the Microsoft Application Virtualization...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/01/2012
KB: A Microsoft Application Virtualization MSI run from a mapped drive fails to install the virtual package
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where a Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/30/2012
KB: Current list of App-V 4.5 and 4.6 file versions
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one details the Microsoft Application...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/30/2012
Introducing Microsoft Office 2013 Preview App-V package
As some of you already know, we shipped the Microsoft Office 2013 Preview App-V package with our...
Author: Anurag Juneja [MSFT] Date: 09/27/2012
KB: Allowing applications running inside an App-V Virtual Environment (VE) to read from or write to the native registry
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one explains how to allow applications...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/06/2012
KB: Expanding an App-V 4.6 SP1 package fails with error: Failed to expand package to disk
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue you might run into...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/04/2012