Rory focuses on general App-V Sequencing tips and practices, ways to help you get a high level of success on your App-V projects. We’re aware there are many Service Providers and with that in mind, Ryan focuses on how to Sequence applications in a multi-tennant environment, how you can sequence applications which may require customer specific info and sequence them Once and once only. A basic premise of sequence once for many, cutting down on duplication of effort and reducing cost.

1. Sequencing for Success
Ryan Will and Rory Monaghan

2. Bio: Rory Monaghan
• Eighth Year of Working with App-V
• Microsoft App-V MVP
• Solutions Architect with nGenx
• Resides in Phoenix, Arizona
• First BriForum
• www.Rorymon.com
• Application Virtualization Smackdown
Twitter: @Rorymon

3. Bio: Ryan Will
• Sixth year of working with App-V
• Application Engineer at nGenX
• Resides in Evansville, IN
• Third BriForum, First time speaking
• www.RyanWill.com
Twitter: @RyanWilldotcom
Email: Ryan@RyanWill.com

4. Agenda
App-V Sequencing Process
Compatibility and Automation Tools
App-V Decision Matrix
App-V Sequencing Environment
Personal Best Practices and Tips
Other Tools & Resources
Symbolic links with Demo
Shims with Demo
More Tools & Resources

5. App-V Sequencing Process
Application
Discovery
Documentation
Set
Expectations
Compatibility
Tools
Strategize Sequence

6. Compatibility and Automation Tools
Bulk Import
Applications
Detailed
Remediation
Level
Reporting
Automated
App-V
Sequencing
Powershell
Capabilities
APPDNA
APPLICATION
COMPATIBILITY
PACK
CHANGEBASE
POWERSHELL
3.0

7. Decision Matrix

8. App-V Sequencing Environment
Primary
Target OS
Non-
Domain
Joined or
Domain
Joined?
Snapshot
with Office
Save
Snapshots
with VM
Shutdown
At least SP2
Hotfix 4

9. Personal Best Practices and Tips
Reduce
Package
Size
Connection
Groups
Dummy
PVAD
Manual
Reboots
Write to
VFS
Reports WINNING

10. Personal Best Practices and Tips
RunVirtual
Shims
Scripting
Virtual
Subsystems
Global
Publishing

11. Other Tools and Resources
App-V Scheduler
AppV_Manage
Application Virtualization Explorer
Aaron Parkers Recipes List
Technet
ProcMon
SpyStudio
www.appv5training.com
Tmurgent Technologies App-V Training

12. Symbolic links
A file-system object that points to another file system
object.
Can be a file or folder
Created via command line
No separate installation needed

13. Symbolic links
• MKLINK
Command:
• /D – For a directory
• Leave blank for a file
Parameters:

14. Symbolic links
Sequence once,
Reuse many times
Store important files outside the virtual environment
No scripting needed
Helps with Pre App-V 5.0 SP2 HF4
Not limited to App-V

15. Symbolic links
Downfalls

16. Demo Time!

17. Shims
Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
A shim is a small library that transparently intercepts an API and changes the arguments passed, handles the
operation itself, or redirects the operation elsewhere - Wikipedia

18. Shims
Advantages over Symbolic links
One stop
shop
Based on
process
Can redirect to
AppData and
LocalAppData
No changes to
the local
system
No App-V
modifications
required

19. Shims
My top 3
•Similar to symbolic link.
CorrectFilePaths
•Redirect registry calls
•Relay HKLM keys to HKCU
•Not much use for App-V
VirtualRegistry
•Report different OS version
•Good for old applications
Version-lie

20. Demo Time!

21. More Tools and Resources
ProcMon (yes, again!)
InstallWatch Pro
Process Activity View
RegFromApp
WinMerge
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