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• October Technet Magazine – Virtualization

  The October version of TechNet Magazine is now posted online and contains an article focused on App-V.  This is a great introduction to the product and you should have a look if you want to get a high-level overview. T he October 2008 issue of TechNet... Posted Sep 18 2008, 03:39 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Architecture, SCVMM, Justin Zarb, 4.5, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V

• Recipes and Step-By-Steps

  Recipes or Step-By-Steps for sequencing are one of the most important things that you can do when sequencing applications. This will help you so much in the long run. We go to many customer sites where they just forget or don’t know what's gone into... Posted Sep 01 2008, 08:52 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Softgrid, Justin Zarb, sequencer, Third Party Apps, TechCenter, Application Virtualization

• From 1305 to 1308…..New RC version of the Desktop Client and Management Server now available!

  Now if your like me you all be watching the forums and seen some of the problems that some peps have been experiencing with the first RC release. Well the Product Group have just released an updated up on connect. Andrew posted a quick post up on the... Posted Jul 11 2008, 06:20 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Justin Zarb, 4.5, Connect, Application Virtualization, RC

• Madagascar Madness! And they need your help!

  It was a weekend when Natalie (My better half) was away, and an email arrived from Paul Norris (Director in PFE) asking for people to help a good cause! This cause meant do 420km cycle ride in 4 days across Madagascar all for Charity!!!!……. so I explained... Posted Jul 09 2008, 05:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Justin Zarb

• TechEd Orlando – Blogger's Lounge!

  So its kick off day in TechEd Orlando!!! And there will be loads on the go! I will try to report as much as I can for everyone out there in the great wide world! If you are at TechEd and have some time between 14:00 and 15:00 Today (Tuesday 10th) come... Posted Jun 10 2008, 12:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Virtualization, TechEd, Justin Zarb, Application Virtualization

• Application Streaming and SoftGrid - dual mode

  The was another great post up on the Citrix site that I really wanted to share that Joe Nord wrote up . It was specifically around using SoftGrid and Citrix Application Streaming. Its great to see so many from Citrix enjoying SoftGrid as a complementary... Posted Feb 22 2008, 07:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Softgrid, Softricity, Justin Zarb, Citrix

• SFT Explorer 1.3 (Updated)

  Ow ow ow now this is cool! My boy Kalle got busy and updated the SFT Explorer tool to now handle DSC (Dynamic Suite Composition) ....... this can be brilliant when you want to look or pre plan for how a package may look when a primary and secondary application... Posted Feb 19 2008, 03:38 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Tools, Beta, Justin Zarb, 4.5, Third Party Apps, Application Virtualization, Dynamic Suite Composition

• Virtualization TechCenter

  New last month, the Virtualization TechCenter offers IT Pros links to technical documentation relative to the breadth of Microsoft’s virtualization products. Documents on the site include assessment, evaluation, deployment information as well as news... Posted Feb 18 2008, 11:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Virtualization, Virtual Server, SCVMM, Windows Server 2008, Justin Zarb, Hyper-V

• Beta 4.5 Getting Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC) to work (Client Build 4.5.0.608/Server Build 4.5.0.606)

  So it was late one weekend when I started to build my 4.5 test lab. The goal was to do it with every future technology we had. So I downloaded every beta I could possibly find..... Windows 2008 RC1 (x64 off course!), November SQL 2008 CTP , November Microsoft... Posted Jan 30 2008, 01:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Beta, Justin Zarb, 4.5, Connect, Dynamic Suite Composition

• Removing Refresh and Load operations from context-menu

  Kalle posted up on his blog/FAQ this nice little tip that you may want to try out. You can use desktop standards policy maker to create an adm template with this setting in. Please also bear in mind http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931247/en-us - Description... Posted Oct 23 2007, 07:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Softgrid, Justin Zarb, 4.1, 4.2

• Edinburgh Virtual Server and Beyond Day

  Just wanted to post a quick blog saying thank you to all that attended the Virtual Server and Beyond Premier Services Day. Myself and BenP went up and delivered some great content and very cool demos on a number of areas. BenP covered of information on... Posted Oct 19 2007, 09:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: TechNet, Community, Virtual Server, SCVMM, Softgrid, wsv, demo, Justin Zarb

• SoftGrid Community Page on TechCenter

  Sean D pinged a mail out to us all with a great new addition to the TechCenter. There are now community based forums which should assist you gain knowledge on the product. ------------ I am very excited to announce the creation of 3 new SoftGrid Forums... Posted Sep 06 2007, 04:48 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, TechNet, Community, Terminal Server, Softgrid, x86, Justin Zarb, sequencer, 4.1, TechCenter, 4.2

• The Community At Large! - Gridversum

  The community around SoftGrid seems to grow faster and faster, and its a great thing. We love to see people make Microsoft products work for them and then give this knowledge back to the world. Kalle has created a new site http://www.gridversum.com/ which... Posted Aug 16 2007, 07:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Community, Softgrid, Justin Zarb, Third Party Apps