Ever since Microsoft introduced support for 64-bit environments in App-V, for both 64-bit applications (needed less often still, but will be important going forward) as well as for operating systems (more pressing need especially since Windows 7 which is the first truly usable 64-bit Windows client OS), it has been a stated fact that you […]
22.09.2011
European App-V User Group
Just wanted to quickly inform that there is European App-V User Group -day happening in 18th of November at the Microsoft HQ in Netherlands (near Schiphol airport). I have also decided to attend, although I have not been invited to speak on any of the sessions. So for anyone coming we’ll see over there!
21.09.2011
New (free) tool available for machine type checking
Time to get back into releasing some free tools for the benefit of the community at large! As of today we launched a new free tools page on our website, and the first new free tool that was added is simple but handy command-line tool to check what type of machine it is running on. […]
19.09.2011
Working with named object virtualization exclusions
On a fairly recent post over at Deployment Guys blog about ways of enabling local interaction, its author discussed about (better known) way of using LOCAL_INTERACTION_ALLOWED policy in OSD to enhance virtual application interaction with local applications, and a much lesser known feature of setting specific named object exclusions. The gist of the article is that it […]
07.09.2011
We have changed the licensing model for AVE
Just as a quick update on the AVE: we have changed the licensing model for it so that the product is now licensed per machine instead of previous per named user. The change is effective immediately for all the new licenses (requires version 2.2.4 to recognize the new keys). Old licenses will continue to work […]
23.05.2011
AVE is now Windows 7 certified!
I’m happy to be able to announce that we have received Windows 7 logo certification for our Application Virtualization Explorer Professional. This (primarily) means that the product has passed certain criterias set by the Microsoft for applications that claim to play well in Windows 7 operating systems, including having proper install/uninstall behaviour, playing well in […]
10.05.2011
Application Virtualization Explorer 2.2 is here!
Or rather, it was already here some days ago! ;-) Although it goes with a minor version number update, new version is quite major update to the product and one that has been in the works for at least since the last summer. In addition to carrying both new features as well as enhancements and […]
27.04.2011
From Recipes to Package Accelerators – creating your own model packages
What are the Package Accelerators? Since the beginning of App-V times (or SoftGrid times, to be more precise), we all have had only one method of communicating to others how a specific application is to be virtualized and package is to be built: recipes. These recipes or “prescriptive guidance” are simply a free-form documentation of […]
Kalle Saunamäki
Gridmetric Blog 
26.09.2011
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