1. App-V: An Overview MMS Minnesota 2014 Fred Bainbridge @FredBainbridge #MMSMinnesota #MMSAppV

2. Bio: Fred Bainbridge Desktop Engineer at Deluxe Corporation End User Computing Specialist Passion for PowerShell Resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota President, Minnesota System Center User Group (MSNSCUG) @FredBainbridge

3. App-V 5.0 SP2 MMS Minnesota 2014 OverviewSequencingManagement

4. What App-V Does MMS Minnesota 2014 Isolates Apps, preventing conflictsRuns applications without sourceCentralized DistributionStreaming Delivery (Optional)Application Remediation (Sometimes)

5. What App-V Does Not Do MMS Minnesota 2014 Secure DataVirtualize DriversBoot time servicesParts of the O.S. (Internet Explorer)Com+ and ComDLL (Dllhost.exe)

6. What App-V Does Not Do MMS Minnesota 2014 Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 SupportOffice 2013 SupportSupport for AppV.ActiveX and AppV.BrowserHelper extensions Native Internet Explorer plug ins! No more RunVirtual keys for IE plugins. Still needed for 3 rd party applications (Adobe) Visual C++ Runtimes Dependencies are captured during sequencing No more having to worry about VCRs

7. App-V Shell Extensions MMS Minnesota 2014 Context menu handlerAdds menu items to the context menu. It is called before the context menu is displayed. Drag-and-drop handlerControls the action where right-click, drag and drop and modifies the context menu that appears. Drop target handlerControls the action after a data object is dragged and dropped over a drop target such as a file. Data object handler Controls the action after a file is copied to the clipboard or dragged and dropped over a drop target. It can provide additional clipboard formats to the drop target. Property sheet handlerReplaces or adds pages to the property sheet dialog box of an object. Infotip handler Allows retrieving flags and infotip information for an item and displaying it inside a pop-up tooltip upon mouse hover. Column handler Allows creating and displaying custom columns in Windows Explorer Details view. It can be used to extend sorting and grouping.

8. App-V 5.0 Scripting Enable Package Scripts! Set-AppvClientConfiguration -EnablePackageScripts $true powershell.exe -file installDriver.ps1

9. App-V Sequencing Machine MMS Minnesota 2014 Requirements.NET 4 and Windows Management Framework 3.0 (PowerShell 3.0) Installation media can be found with MDOP 2013 R2 Tips Use a VM, utilize snapshots. Turn off Windows Defender and Windows Search. No AntiVirus Only join a domain if needed. Choose OS based on commonality No Apps should be installed.

10. App-V Sequencing MMS Minnesota 2014 Sequencing Best Practices Apply updates and patches during sequencing Configure Application for your environment Define Streaming Contents Disable All Automatic Updating Document step by step actions You may have to run the program several times to get all the changes Common Sequencing Hang-ups Not testing the finished product Not having access to the Application Expert

11. App-V Sequencing MMS Minnesota 2014 What happens at execution? App Related Data also isolated. (User preferences and data) Deployment and User Config XML files can be modified for further customization. FileDescription.APPV The Virtual Application Package file containing all assets and state organized into stream able feature blocks..MSI Executable deployment wrapper allowing the manual deployment of.APPV files or deployment via existing third party deployment platforms. _DeploymentConfig.XML Used for customizing the default publishing parameters for all applications in a package. _UserConfig.XML Used for customizing the publishing parameters directed to specific user groups for all applications in a package..CAB Optional: Package Accelerator file used to automatically rebuild a previously sequenced virtual application package..APPVTOptional: Sequencer Template file used to retain commonly re-used sequencer settings.

12. App-V Management MMS Minnesota 2014 Stand Alone ClientApp-V Management Server (Full Infrastructure)Enterprise Software Distribution (SCCM) Install via MSI or PowerShell wrapper with SCCM 2007 Managed Natively with SCCM 2012 SP1 and higher.

13. Demos MMS Minnesota 2014 Creating an Application Model for App-VInternet Explorer Add-OnsA Legacy Java application using SCCM 2012 R2 Virtual Environment Virtual Environments and Environment variables App-V Hidden logs

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