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Today I found a message on the WSUS Product Team Blog. Microsoft will be adding a new product family to your WSUS server – Microsoft Application Virtualization.  The Microsoft Application Virtualization product family will include updates for all Microsoft Application Virtualization products. It will include a variety of update types, e.g. service packs, optional updates, critical updates and security updates.  Additionally, Microsoft Application Virtualization updates will be available through Microsoft Update and the Microsoft Update Catalog.

A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Microsoft Application Virtualization family, entitled Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5. The Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 category will allow all classifications of updates to be offered to the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 product.  You will see this new category when new updates are available for this product.

You should sync the Microsoft Application Virtualization family if you have these products in your managed environment. For additional information about Microsoft Application Virtualization see:http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/default.mspx.

The Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V enables Office 2010 client products to be sequenced and deployed with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V).

The Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V is required for sequencing and deploying Office 2010 client products with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). This kit includes the components required for Office license activation.

This product must be installed on the App-V sequencing station prior to monitoring the Office 2010 client installation.

This product must also be installed on the client machines to which virtualized Office 2010 client packages will be deployed. It can be configured to enable certain system components to interact with virtualized Office 2010, including:

• Fast search in virtualized Outlook 2010 using Windows Desktop Search
• Ability for virtualized Office 2010 applications to open, edit, and save Office files hosted with Windows SharePoint
• Search indexing support for Office file types
• URL protocol redirection to virtualized Outlook 2010
• Print to virtualized OneNote 2010
• Mail control panel applet for virtualized Outlook 2010

For all the details and to download the deployment kit see this link.

Additional Information:

The Office 2010 App-V RTM Recipe is available as a KB article here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983462

The Office 2010 App-v Deployment kit is available from the Microsoft Download center athttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=479f12f2-5678-493e-bce1-682b3ece5431

The SuperFlow interactive content model provides a structured and interactive interface for viewing documentation. Each SuperFlow includes comprehensive information about a specific dataflow, workflow, or process. Depending on the focus of the SuperFlow, you will find overview information, steps that include detailed information, procedures, sample log entries, best practices, real-world scenarios, troubleshooting information, security information, animations, or other information. Each SuperFlow also includes links to relevant resources, such as Web sites or local files that are copied to your computer when you install the SuperFlow. This SuperFlow provides detailed information about the Application Virtualization Sequencing process.

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I think it’s really good to see that Microsoft is putting a lot of effort in making the Sequencing process more easy. And this is a step in the right direction. But there is still a lot they can and probably will improve in this area…

Microsoft now offers a certification exam for MDOP.  The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Exam 70-656: Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Configuring covers topics such as:

• Configuring Group Policy Objects (GPOs) by Using Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)
• Monitoring Desktops by Using Microsoft Desktop Error Monitoring (DEM)
• Managing Software Inventory by Using the Asset Inventory Service (AIS)
• Repairing and Diagnosing Computer Systems by Using the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT)
• Configuring Application Virtualization Servers
• Configuring Application Virtualization clients
• Deploying and Managing the Application Virtualization Sequencer

You can find more information about this exam here.

Here a message from the App-V blog from Microsoft:

We recently noted some of the changes to support for ConfigMgr 2007 over on our support team blog but I wanted to also mention one big App-V 4.6 related change here:

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 is now supported on ConfigMgr 2007 R2 with ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 now supports Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Desktop Client and Client for Remote Desktop Services. This client release enables support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and support for 64-bit operating systems. 

No software updates are required.

Enjoy!

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