App-V 5.0 Beta Server Install Tutorial - Part 5 (Final)

So the final chapter in the App-V 5.0 Beta tutorial series is finished. I have been working hard to get this working and creating a great tutorial for you guys who are interested in virutalizing applications.  Hopefully many more will join the cause of virtualizing applications because it´s awsome. Microsoft Application Virtualization Developers are doing an awsome job in creating this Awsome product.  This part of the tutorial is about converting App-V 4.6 sequenced application witch is VLC Player to App-V 5.0 sequenced package, then we try to publish the package and run it succesfully on a client. Bellow the video is the list the Beta series.

App-V 5.0 Beta Tutorial Series

1. Installing, Configuring and Managing App-V 5.0 Server
2. Installing, Sequencing and Publishing App-V 5.0 Application
3. Installing and Configuring App-V 5.0 Client on Windows 7
4. Installing and Testing App-V 5.0 Client on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012
5. Testing, Converting and Publishing App-V 4.6 to App-V 5.0 Sequenced Package

Btw I´m going to Teched 2012 in Orlando Florida next week, hope I will meet someone who is interested in the my blog, it would be nice to chat with someone about it.

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Application Virtualization 5.0 Beta Tutorial - Part 4

I have finished part 4 of the App-V 5.0 Beta tutorial series, I get a little bit confused about the part thing in the tutorial so don´t worry about that.  This tutorial is basicly about Installing App-V 5.0 Beta on Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 versions of the OS. There is a hopefull feature request I would like to make in App-V 5.0 final version is to allow RemoteApp sync or connect to App-V server so it would be possible to publish App-V 5.0 Sequenced applications through RemoteApp. Well check out the video.

I will post part 5 very soon :). How to convert App-V 4.6 sequenced applications to App-V 5.0 Beta

Working on Part 4 and 5 of the App-V 5.0 Beta series

I´m currently working on part 4 and 5 of the App-V 5.0 Beta tutorial series. Here is a sneek preview of what will be done in the next tutorials.

• Part 4
• Test App-V 5.0 on Windows 2008 R2 with Remote Desktop Services installed.
• Test App-V 5.0 on Windows 2012 with Remote Desktop Services installed
• Part 5
• Convert old sequenced packages to new App-V 5.0 Packages

I´m done with part 4 but need to do some subtitles and stuff.  Currently I´m testing the conversion of old packages to the 5.0 version.  My next App-V 5.0 project will be very cool, looking forward to tell you guys about it.

Application Virtualization 5.0 Beta Tutorial - Part 3

As promised I created a tutorial for App-V client and uploaded it to youtube.  In the tutorial I will go through the requirements for App-V Client install, install and configure the client. I recommend you watch previous parts of the tutorials for the client to work correctly.  Take a few minutes and watch the tutorial.

Problems App-V Server 5.0 Beta

Yeah it has not been effortless to try to install App-V 5.0 Beta, I have been having some issues with it so I am going to post some of the error codes that I know that causes some issues and how to fix it. These errors are from the App-V client so you can view them in the Event Viewer under "Application and Services Logs->Microsoft->AppV->Client->Admin"

• Operation attempted: RefreshPublishingServer. AppV Error Code: 0A00002EE2
• Problem is with accessing from the client to the publishing server, you can test the connection by trying to telnet to the publishing server. Go to command prompt type in with out quotes "telnet PubServerIP portnumberYouHaveChoosen" or in my case "telnet 192.168.1.5 50537" if you cannot access it you need to open the port in the firewall on the publishing server.
• Operation attempted: RefreshPublishingServer. AppV Error Code: 0A000001F4
• This problem can because of HTTP 500 error, you can try to access the server by going to Internet Explorer and typing in the server name and the port such as "http://PubServerIP:PortNumber" or in my case "http://192.168.1.5:50537".  If you get an error 500 then maybe there is some problems with the appv setup.  So I have been doing some digging and found out that there are some bugs in App-V 5.0 by using the name of the management server in the setup of the publishing server, well at least if you are going to use the publishing server and the management server on the same server.  So there are two things you can do to fix this :
• Edit the registry and change the settings for the management server and use the name of localhost such as "http://localhost:portnumber" or in my case "http://localhost:50536"
• Remove and reinstall the App-V publishing server and set the name to  "http://localhost:portnumber" or in my case "http://localhost:50536" in the management field.

Proof of concept, I have sequenced firefox and OpenOffice 3 so here is a screenshot

The next thing I need to do is to fix the tutorial part 1 with the correct settings, plus commentary.  Then I´m going to finish the App-V client setup and configuration.

I will be posting in depth configuration for App-V 5.0 Beta, such as using powershell, registry hacks and lots more.

Application Virtualization 5.0 Beta Tutorial - Part 2

The second video part of the App-V 5.0 Beta is finished and you can view it on youtube. In this video I install Application Virtualization 5.0 Beta Sequencer, I also sequence OpenOffice 3. (Note OpenOffice 3 was just a random choice of application of many, I have never sequenced OpenOffice before).  As for this tutorials these are only beta tutorials and maybe when the finial version of App-V has been released I will publish recreate the tutorials, so it is good I get an feedback from you guys.  The video has commentary and also subtitles so you can understand me :).  Check out the video in HD.

My next video will be installing App-V 5.0 Beta Client on a Windows 7 machine and also how to import App-V Sequenced Packages into App-V 5.0 Beta Server.

Application Virtualization 5.0 Beta Tutorial - Part 1

Hi I have finished my first part of few for Installing Application Virtualization 5.0 Beta version.
I have installed the servers and updated them with all the security updates and features such as .Net 4.0 framework. The servers that are in the video are

ADSRV witch is the Active Directory Server
SQLSRV witch is the SQL server and has SQL 2008 R2 Standard with Service Pack 1 (note you cannot use express editions of sql with appv 5.0 beta).
APPVSRV witch is the Application Virtualization Server.

Check out my video and let me know what you think. Sorry but there is no commentary with the video, but only subtitles. Note you can view the video in HD.