Guidelines to write an efficient prescriptive guidance (recipe) for the applications
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 4:29 PM
App-V Recipe Template
The Application Virtualization team has listed down somebasic detailswhich should be comprised while authoring a recipe for an application.
Please ensure to capture the following data while authoring a recipe for an application. The maximum limit is up to 60,000 characters with html markup.
*If you are not a Microsoft employee you must identify your name and company affiliation which will be published with the recipe.
Click on ‘Ask a question’ and select ‘Start a discussion’ to post a recipe
Title:<Ideas: Give a short description about the application name>
Body:<Include these fields in your recipe>
Application Name:
Application Version:
Company Name:<Who produces the software>
Sequencer Version:
App-V Client Version Tested On:<List the versions of the App-V, you have tested on>
Operating System Sequenced On:<Enter the operating system>
Pre-requisites:<List the pre-requisites for the sequencer machine: ex. Install WDS 4.0, .NET 3.0>
Client Operating Systems Successfully Deployed To:<List the operating systems the application was successfully deployed to>
Posted by Microsoft Employee:<Please provide your name>
*Posted by non-Microsoft Employee: <Please provide your name and company affiliation>
If Posted by Microsoft Employee, the Corresponding KB Article Reference: <Please insert the URL if known or available, or N/A if not posted by Microsoft Employee>
Steps to Sequence the Application:
<Step1…>
<Step2…>
<Step3…>
Known Issues/Limitations:<Ex. Application dependencies, Client Operating Systems that this package will not work on with: Windows 7 Client, 32-bit; Windows 7 Client, 64-bit; Windows Vista SP1, 64-bit; Windows Vista SP2, 32-bit; Windows Vista SP2, 64-bit; Windows XP, SP3, 32-bit; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008, 32-bit; Windows Server 2008, 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2, 32-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2, 64-bit; Windows Server 2003, 32-bit; Other>
Approximate Sequencing Time:
Other (Optional fields)
App-V friendly copy protection scheme? <Yes/No: This information is helpful for the packager to virtualize the application>
Additional Notes/Links:<Reference to additional data, if any>
Custom scripts to assist in the process:<Reference to scripts, if any>
Descriptive Tags:
· Applying tags to a thread makes it possible for users to find the thread by using the tag cloud.
· Clicking a tag in the tag cloud returns all threads containing that tag.
· While entering tags, use commas to separate tags.
Remember – This is a public forum so never post private information such as email or phone numbers!
If you have any questions, please contact the team at appvsite@microsoft.com.
- Changed Type Aaron.ParkerMVP, Moderator Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:39 PM

