Microsoft App-V: Implementing Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Training Course

Introduction to Microsoft App-V

• Why virtualize your Windows applications?

Overview of App-V's application virtualization architecture

• How application virtualization works
• The role of the client
• The role of the Sequencer
• The App-V Package

Planning your virtualization infrastructure

• Planning the App-V supporting infrastructure
• Overview of various deployment scenarios
• Installing and configuring the App-V server

Installing and configuring the application virtualization sequencer

• Overview of the application virtualization sequencer
• Planning the sequencer environment
• Classifying applications for sequencing
• Understanding the sequencing limitations
• Sequencing your first application
• Using the sequencer-generated MSI file to deploy offline

Using the App-V package accelerator

• Overview of package accelerator
• Creating a package accelerator using PowerShell
• Creating a package using a package accelerator

Upgrading your App-V application package

• Updating a package to replace an existing one
• Updating a package for deployment with the existing package
• Updating a package with PowerShell
• Sequencing for connection groups (plug-ins and middleware)
• Using the App-V package converter (4.6 to 5.x)
• Dynamic configuration and targeted scripting

Advanced App-V sequencing techniques

• Sequencing a web-based application
  • Creating a Virtual Environment for the application
• Sequencing an application that hard codes its install to the C:\ drive
• Performing an Open for Package Upgrade on an existing package
• Building scripts into an .OSD file

Application Virtualization Management Server administration

• Application Virtualization Management Console Overview
• Publishing applications into the Application Virtualization Environment
• Modifying published applications & configuring version upgrades
• Performing management tasks
• Planning & installing the Microsoft Application Virtualization Client
• Planning the deployment of Application Virtualization Client
• Installing & Configuring the App-V client
• Managing the client configuration features using PowerShell

Troubleshooting App-V

• Avoiding rabbit holes
• Combining different areas of knowledge: foundational, operational, contextual
• Using Process Monitor to troubleshoot
• Troubleshooting the App-V client
• Troubleshooting the OSD file
• Advanced troubleshooting

Microsoft App-V best practices

• Verifying the configuration settings of an App-V Server 5.0 instance
• Using Practice Analyzer as a diagnostic tool
• Understanding the program
• Items to document
  • Components, update requirements, post-installation configuration steps, user behavior, workarounds

Application Deployment with SCCM via HTTP

Application Deployment with RESWorkspace Manager

Closing remarks