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George MatthewsProgram ManagerWindows Enterprise Client

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FOLLOW ALONG

Your Next Hour

1. What’s a “SoftGrid”?

2. Bring your old stuff

3. What to do when you don’t know what to do

4. The Newer Fancier Sequencer

5. So AppV Together

What’s a SoftGrid?

AppV 5 Pillars

One with Windows

More Apps in More Places

Modern Manageme

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Changes from 4.6

Q:\ Drive

Package Size Limit

4GB

APP-V 4.6 Uses dedicated drive letter (Q: drive)

4GB package limit

Isolated from local applications

Share middleware with Dynamic Suite Composition

Read-only Shared Cache supports VDI/RDS environments

Limited command-line scripting

Installed management console

APP-V 5 No dedicated drive letter

No 4GB limit

Virtual Application Extensions

Share peer applications with Virtual Application Connection

Shared Content Store for powerful VDI support

Rich PowerShell scripting

Web-based modern management

Key Changes

Bringing your old stuff

Migration Workflow

4.6 SP2 AppV Client

5.0 AppV Client

4.6 App-V Server 5.0 Package Converter

5.0 App-V Server

PowerShell is everywhere in AppV 5

Components w/PowerShell Support in App-V 5

Client Sequencer

Server

nounverb

AppVLegacyPackageTest

Convert-From

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Package Conversion

Demo 1

Package Converter CommandsTest a Single Package> Test-AppvLegacyPackage –Source C:\content\AdobeReader Test Multiple Packages> $packages = “C:\content\AdobeReader”, “C:\content\WinZip”

> Test-AppvLegacyPackage –Source $packages

Package Converter CommandsConvert Single package:> ConvertFrom-AppvLegacyPackage –Source C:\content\AdobeReader –Destination Path C:\NewPackages

Convert Multiple packages:> $packages = “C:\content\AdobeReader”, “C:\content\WinZip”

> ConvertFrom-AppvLegacyPackage –Source $packages –DestinationPath C:\NewPackages

What to do when you don’t know what to do

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Package Conversion Checklist

App-V 4.5+ Package

Opens in App-V 4.6 Sequencer

Runs in App-V 4.6 Client

.NET/VC Runtime/e.t.c versions match

Package Converter MessagesSource : \\domain\packages\old\Adobe Reader XErrors : {

The package converter detected one or more applications in your package that is targeted for an unsupported operating system. This package cannot be converted unless the target operating system restriction is removed from the .osd file

}Warnings : {}Information: {}

Notes for Package Conversion

Re-Add via Dynamic Configuration

• OSD Scripts are not converted• OSD Registry settings are not converted

Use Virtual Application Connection

• DSC Configuration will not be converted

The Newer Fancier Sequencer

New Extension Points in App-V 5MIME Type associations

URL Protocols

Software clients

Application capabilities

Application Paths

Local COM Servers

AppVSequencerPackageNew

UpdateExpand

AppVPackageAcceleratorNew

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Re-Sequencing

Demo 2

Sequencer Update CommandsUpdate a package via PowerShellPS C:\Users\AppV\Desktop> Update-AppvSequencerPackage -InputPackagePath C:\content\Package.appv -Installer .\default.bat -Name AdobeReader_2 -Path .\UpdatedPackages

Dynamic Configuration

Virtual subsystem overrides Disable virtual subsystems Scripts

Modifies a Package’s Virtual Environment

Dynamic Deployment Configuration Dynamic User Configuration Can combine

Two Types of Configuration Files

Modify existing package content Add to an existing package

No Package Updates Required

Dynamic Configuration

Global scope: all users on the machine

Specify Dynamic Deployment Configuration file per package on the machine

Stored when the package is added

DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION

User scope: affects the user on the machine

Specify Dynamic User Configuration file per user, per package on the machine

Stored when the package is published

USER CONFIGURATION

Dynamic Configuration files come free with new sequenced packages

AppVClientPackage

GetAdd

PublishUnpublish

RemoveStopSet

RepairMount

AppVClientConnectionGroup

GetAdd

EnableDisable

RemoveStop

MountRepair

AppVPublishingServer

GetAdd

RemoveSet

Sync

AppVVirtualProcessStart

Get

AppVClientConfigurationGetSet

AppVClientApplicationGet

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Dynamic ConfigurationDemo 3

So AppV Together

What is coexistence?

Ability to install and run App-V 5.0 side-by-side with App-V 4.6

SP2

Smart take-over of Extensions

5.0 will auto-migrate extensions from

4.6 SP2Granular control over which apps

Stage migration from prior versions

AppVServerPackage

GetSet

ImportRemove

GrantPublish

Unpublish

AppVServerConnectionGroup

GetSet

NewUpdatePublish

UnpublishGrant

Staging a Migration

Demo 4

The End**(almost)

Your users will love App-V 5.0

Scripting support helps your migration

App-V 4.6 and App-V 5.0 work great on the same machine

PowerShell error channels can help you resolve issues

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