App-V Sequencing Recipes

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  Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:58 AM

  As you are viewing and using the recipes provided by your community experts please make sure to mark the "VOTE AS HELPFUL" link on the upper left corner of the recipe.  This will help us gauge that the recipe is useful beyond just viewing it.

  Thanks for contributing!

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  Content posted on this site is provided as-is. You bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express or implied warranties or guarantees. Content contributed by the community has not been tested by Microsoft unless otherwise noted.

  Manita Sharma Friday, April 02, 2010 6:59 PM

  Content posted on this site is provided as-is. You bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express or implied warranties or guarantees.  Content contributed by the community has not been tested by Microsoft unless otherwise noted.

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  Welcome to the App-V Sequencing forum!

  Manita Sharma Monday, April 05, 2010 3:45 PM

  Most applications can be sequenced using App-V Sequencer without requiring any special steps. However, there are some third-party and Microsoft applications that require special steps in order to be properly sequenced and work with App-V.

   

  In the past, members of the product team would regularly post instructions for sequencing particularly for the difficult applications. Recently we have been receiving requests from our customers to have one common community forum for sharing information.

   

  We’re listening and we are glad that you are talking!  Based on the enormous feedback, we are extremely pleased to announce the launch of a new community driven Recipe Forum on Microsoft TechNet. This forum is intended for App-V IT Pros within the App-V community to share their best practice recipes in an effort to grow everyone’s knowledge, expertise and save each other time by learning together.   This allows our new members to ramp faster and our experts to shine and show their depth of knowledge!

   

  You can now view prescriptive sequencing recipes for more than X applications that have been provided by a few experienced packagers from the App-V community. The Community is only successful if all members are contributing.  We have responded to your request, now we need you to respond to ours!  PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR RECIPES TO THE COMMUNITY!   We hope that even more App-V users will contribute and use the content on the forum to sequence more applications! 

  If you have any questions, please contact the team at appvsite@microsoft.com.
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  Guidelines to write efficient prescriptive guidance (recipe) for the applications

  Manita Sharma Monday, April 05, 2010 3:53 PM

  App-V Recipe Template

  The Application Virtualization team has listed down some basic details which 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 e-mail or phone numbers!

  If you have any questions, please contact the team at appvsite@microsoft.com.