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On Optimizing Large Deployments of Windows Analytics
One of the more crucial pillars to ongoing success with managing initial Windows 10 deployments, as well as ongoing WaaS (Windows as a Service) servicing is the ability to leverage organization...
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On the Art of Predicting Compatibility Regression when Assessing Risk
In my last blog post: (https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/gladiatormsft/2018/02/20/determining-an-applications-impact-when-assessing-risk/) I discussed my first recommended vector for assessing an...
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Determining an Application’s Impact when Assessing Risk
In my most recent blog (https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/gladiatormsft/2018/02/14/leverage-a-risk-based-approach-to-application-compatibility-testing/) I discussed how successful shifts to managing...
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Leverage a Risk-Based Approach to Application Compatibility Testing
Once upon a time, application compatibility projects usually followed these basic tenets: 1.) Find all the applications being used. 2.) Rationalize as much as possible. 3.) Thoroughly test...
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How Detailed is Your Enterprise Application Catalog?
Over the past several years, I have been involved in many application projects. Whether the project was centered around packaging, virtualization, or compatibility testing for operating system...
View ArticleRecent App-V Case Studies
Internally, I was recently asked if I had any examples of recent App-V Case Studies that other potential App-V customers could view. Many case studies have previously been mentioned on the legacy App-V...
View ArticleA New MED-V Blog Post . . . Yes, for Real
For most individuals in my profession, any plans that were originally made for today were upended by the recent worldwide cybersecurity event. To assist our customers still on legacy systems, patches...
View ArticleResolving the App-V 4 – SQL Server 2008 R2 Supportability Conundrum
Over the past 6 months, I’ve had quite few customers coming to me with concerns regarding what they see as a potential supportability gap for legacy App-V 4 infrastructures. Their main concern lies...
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On Debugging Virtual Applications Part 4: The Case of the Missing Dump
I’ve been blogging lately (well . . . not exactly lately) about debugging virtual applications that misbehave – whether by hanging, crashing, or spewing some strange error message. In discussing the...
View ArticleApplication Virtualization and Compatibility at Microsoft Ignite 2016!
Greetings all! If you are headed to Atlanta for #MSIgnite this year, I wanted to give you a heads up of some key sessions that will interest those of you looking specifically for application...
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On Debugging Virtual Applications: Part 3 – Situations where a Debugger is...
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I’ve covered some of the basic fundamentals of the concept of debugging compiled software code which, for the most part, has been a black box for many working with...
View ArticleOn Debugging Virtual Applications: Part 2: Types and Modes
Productive virtual application debugging requires an understanding of the basic fundamentals of debugging compiled software code. For this part of my series on debugging virtual applications, I will be...
View ArticleOn Debugging Virtual Applications: Part 1: Overview (or Let’s Start at the...
For many application packagers, virtual application sequencers, and general IT pros, the concept of actual “debugging” can take on many meanings. Often the words “troubleshooting” and “debugging” are...
View ArticleApp-V: On Current Recommended Practices and how they Evolve . . . (a.k.a. –...
This morning, I was on a joint webinar with Flexera (http://learn.flexerasoftware.com/AR-WBNR-Microsoft-AppV-Best-Practices) on App-V best practices and I reminded many on the call why I always prefer...
View ArticleApp-V: Current Recommended Practices for using App-V with Azure RemoteApp
In recent blogs posts, I’ve been discussing the topics of how to leverage App-V for software delivery and management to custom Azure RemoteApp images joined to a hybrid collection. I’ve discussed what...
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App-V: On Targeting Azure RemoteApp Images with the App-V Management &...
There are two types of Collections with Azure RemoteApp: A Cloud Collection and a Hybrid Collection. App-V requires that the client must exist on domain-joined machines in order to be supported. Azure...
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App-V: More on App-V with Azure RemoteApp
Last April, we gave a little bit of information on the limited use of App-V applications with Azure RemoteApp...
View ArticleAnatomy of an Outlier Bug: The Issue of the Failed App-V Report Upload
When software malfunctions, product support teams attempt to narrow the issue down to user error, configuration, or code. If the software attempts to perform a function where a specific result is...
View ArticleLess Than 1 Week Until the End of Support for Legacy versions of Internet...
Here we are! It is almost time. Over 16 months ago, Microsoft announced that support for legacy versions of Internet Explorer would be ending on January 12th, 2016...
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App-V: On App-V Applications Hosted in Azure RemoteApp
With the release of Azure RemoteApp, Enterprise customers can now move their non-persistent RDS session-hosted applications from the on-premises data centers into a hosted cloud – with the Azure...
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