Application 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...
View ArticleOn 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 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...
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For most individuals in my profession, any plans that were originally made for today were upended by the recent worldwide cybersecurity event.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 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 ArticleHow 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 ArticleLeverage 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...
View ArticleDetermining 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...
View ArticleOn 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...
View ArticleOn 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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