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Microsoft App V

Microsoft App-v

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Microsoft App-v

Microsoft App-v
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
 Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)
 Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
 Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)

• Initially Softgrid
• Virtualizes applications that need not be locally
installed
• Enables Virtual applications to interact with apps
that are locally installed
Microsoft App-v Components
• AppV Server
~App-V Management Server - Hosts and
delivers the virtual apps.
~App-V Management Console - MMC console
for App-V administration.
~App-V Streaming Server - Lightweight streaming
solution for branch office scenarios.
• AppV Sequencer -Engine to create virtualized version
of apps
• AppV Client - Software running on physical systems
Server Components
 App-v Sequencer

 Use a VM with snapshots


 Easy wizard for sequencing steps
 Use the same OS on your VM that is on your End User Devices
 Similar UI from App-V 4.6 SP1
 New package file format

 App-V Client

 Checks in with the Management


server
 Retrieves new Applications
 Removes applications no
longer assigned
App-v Client Console
Lay out of an environment
Benefits
App-V
• You can build a new application and push it out to all the clients
using Configuration Manager
• Centralized Management
• Licenses – 10 for 100 Users
• Running office apps as diff apps without losing integration
• From Appv 5.0 PowerShell scripts can be used
• Applications that require reboot
• Reduces application related support
• Application resides in the bubble and base OS remains unaffected
• co-existence of different versions and incompatible s/w
Integration
• SCCM
• Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
• Active Directory
• Citrix Xen Desktops
Limitations
• Sequencing packages over 4GB
• Applications that start services at boot time since
appv requires a logged in user
• Applications that require device drivers
• Applications that are a part of the OS
• Applications without shortcuts
• Applications that need auto update
Limitations
Sequencing- Best Practices
• Process of creating a virtual package
• Install the application in a test environment
and check the functionalities
• Document Step by step sequencing process
• Always sequence on a clean computer
• It should match the environment on which the
app will run
• Follow 8.3 Naming convention
Steps to sequence an application
Sequencing an application
Comparing App-v 4.6 to 5.0

App-V 4.6 App-V 5.0

 Mount drive (Q:) on sequencer and client  No mount drive on sequencer or client

 RTSPS, RTSP, HTTP, HTTPS and SMB streaming  HTTP, HTTPS and SMB streaming

 . SFT package file format  .App-V Package File Format

 .OSD  .XML AppxManifest and Deployment/User Configuration

 Sfttray.exe for application launch  Application.exe called Directly

 Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC)  Connection Groups

 Shared Read Only Cache  Shared Content Store

 Default isolation of applications  Default isolation of application apart from Virtual


Application Extension

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VFS vs MNT
Virtual File System
• During Sequencing the application is installed in the
C Drive
• It results in scanning of the entire C drive and makes
the scanning process and package size bigger
• Native drive may be different in Citrix
• But still It’s useful when the path of the application is
hardcoded
MNT
• During sequencing you create a folder in the
Q:\drive (SoftGrid Mount Point) and install the
application
• All the files are located in a folder in the Q:
drive making the Sequencer more efficient
• Makes troubleshooting Easier Since all the
files are in a centralised Location
Dynamic Suite composition
• Used when there are dependent applications or pre-reqs.
 Applications + Plugins
 Applications + Middleware
 Applications + Applications

• They can be used with several other applications


• For updates, only the secondary application can be updated.
• Reduces the size of the primary packages.
• Provides better control of access permissions on the
secondary applications
• In order to enable this, the OSD file for an application in the
primary package must be modified to reference the package
GUID of the dependent package.
Virtual Application Connection

 BENEFITS
 Power of isolation plus the flexibility of communication
 Virtualize highly integrated applications
 Simplify application updates
 Can use Powershell to create & manage
Sequenced files
Sequenced Files in app-v 5.0
Sftmime - Command line
• To add a virtual application package for a specific user

SFTMIME ADD PACKAGE:”name” /MANIFEST <manifest-path>

• To add a virtual application package for all users

SFTMIME ADD PACKAGE:”name” /MANIFEST <manifest-path> /GLOBAL

• To load a virtual application package for all users


SFTMIME LOAD PACKAGE:package-name [/SFTPATH sft-pathname]

• To refresh publishing information from the server

SFTMIME REFRESH SERVER:server-name

• To unload a virtual application package

SFTMIME UNLOAD PACKAGE:package-name


Using Powershell in App-v 5.0

• Add-AppvPublishingServer -Name ABC -URL http://


MyPubSrv/AppvPublishing
Configures Specified publishing Server

• Sync-AppvPublishingServer -ServerId 1
Queries the packaging Server for packages and connection groups
assigned to the client
Some Common Problems
• The server connectivity
• some service might not running specific to appv or
streaming
• app-v file location might be wrong
• Problem with Sequenced Application
• if they are using https to connect app-v server then
some times iis service might be stopped
• Check the TCP port numbers
 80 for http
 553 for RTSP
• Firewall Exceptions may be there

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