App-V 5.1 Masters Class Ten Half Day Online Delivery

To get a week off for training can be tough for some. At Big Hat Group we have heard about that concern from some potential customers so we are offering a series of four hour half day sessionns over a two week period. The course content is the same as our five day course but the schedule has been altered for those that might be interested in a less compressed version of the class delivery. This is still the quality GridMasterTraining.com courseware we use for our masters level classes.

For questions or concerns contact kevin.kaminski@bighatgroup.com and for more information on the course content visit http://www.bighatgroup.com/courses/

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Course Outline

What is App-V?

• Encapsulation
• Application Definition Delivery and Streaming
• Application Publishing Delivery
• Application Execution
• Differences from App-V before Version 5

Traditional Installed Applications

• Files
• Shortcuts
• Registry
• COM Objects and Interfaces
• File Type Associations, Shell Integrations, and ShellEx Integrations
• Protocol Handlers
• Software Client Systems
• Application Capabilities
• App Paths
• The Installer Itself

Virtualized Applications

• Creating a Virtualized Application Package
• Running the Virtualized Application Package
• Example: How is a Registry Call Virtualized?
• The Seven Kinds of Application Virtualization
• How Virtual Registry and Virtual File Types Work
• Redirection without Isolation in App-V 5

Virtual Application Delivery and Streaming

• Registering the package with the client
• Implementing “MetaData” for virtualized files
• Downloading the Virtual Registry
• Storing DeploymentConfig information
• Additional File Streaming
• Feature Blocks and Streaming
• Add Package Scripts
• Filling the Cache
• Going “Cacheless” at the Client

Virtual Application Publishing

• Shortcuts
• File Type Associations
• Additional Extensions
• Publishing Time Scripts
• Publishing Assignment
• Connection Groups
• Measuring Virtual Application Usage after Publishing

Ways to Implement App-V

• Common Components
• Sequencer Component
• Virtualized Application Content Store
• Client Component
• Optional Reporting Server
• Full App-V Management Infrastructure
• App-V Infrastructure Components
• App-V Infrastructure with Multiple Servers
• Shared SCCM Management Infrastructure
• Virtual MSI / Stand-Alone Client / Third Party Tools
• Virtual Application MSI delivery
• The Client PowerShell Interface
• Third Party Tools
• Additional Implementation Considerations
• Delivering Applications to the App-V Client Using Different Methods
• User –Added Virtual Application Packages
• App-V Client Shared Cache Mode
• App-V 4.6: Coexistence and Migration

Planning for App-V Servers

• Requirements and Pre-requisites
• Hardware Requirements
• OS Requirements
• Negative Software Requirements
• Positive Software Requirements
• SQL Database Versions Supported
• Determining Your Server Architecture Requirements
• Storage Consideration
• Branch Site Considerations
• App-V Management Server
• Installation of the Management Server
• Minimum Requirements and Pre-Requisites
• Management Server Installation via GUI
• Management Server Installation as Silent Installation
• Configuring the Management Server
• Configuring the Windows Firewall
• Modifying the Default Website Default Page
• Launching the Management Console and Configuring the Publishing Server(s)
• Management Server Maintenance and Troubleshooting
• Management Server Registry
• Management Server Files
• Management Server PowerShell Interface
• Event Viewer
• Analytic and Debug Event Logs
• Debugging the Management Server
• Management Server Database Layout (Version 5.0.285)
• Package Management Using the Management Server
• Deploying Sigil 0.6.2 via Management Server
• Deploying an Paint.Net with a modified DeploymentConfig file
• Deploying WinRAR and then Applying an Updated Package (Active Upgrade)

App-V Publishing Server

• Installation of the Publishing Server
• Minimum Requirements and Pre-Requisites
• Publishing Server Installation
• Publishing Server Installation as Silent Installation
• Post Installation Configuration
• Configuring the Windows Firewall
• Adjust Polling Timer
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting the Publishing Server
• Analytic and Debug Event Logs7
• App-V Reporting Server
• Installation of the Reporting Server
• Minimum Requirements and Pre-Requisites
• Reporting Server Installation via GUI
• Reporting Server Installation as Silent Installation
• Post Installation Activities
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting the Reporting Server
• Windows Registry
• Event Logs for Reporting Server
• Reporting Server Database Schema (Version 5.0.285)
• Creating Custom Reports
• App-V Clients
• Package Deployment and Application Usage

SCCM 2012 with SP1

• Considerations on System Configuration for App-V
• Brief Introduction to the ConfigMan
• Launching the Console
• Discovery
• Boundaries, and the SCCM Client
• ConfigMan Client Settings and App-V
• Primer on the “Application Model”
• Distribution of the App-V Client
• App-V 5 Client Installation
• App-V 4.6SP2 Client Installation
• Client HotFixes and Service packs
• Distribution of Virtual Applications
• Simplified Application Model Use
• Fully Specified Application Model Use
• Global Conditions
• Lab: Deploying Multiple Deployment Types of Virtual Packages

What is “Sequencing”?

• Applications not Suitable for Virtualization
• The Anatomy of a Sequence
• The Application Sequencing Process

Setting up your Sequencing Environment

• General Rules
• Use Virtual Machines
• Use Multiple VMs
• Use Separate VMs for Sequencing and Testing
• Sequencer Specifics
• Just One Partition
• Keep the Image Clean
• Using a Standard Client Image
• Exempt from Group Policy
• Exempt from Other Pushy Agents
• Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware
• Disable Background Services Not Needed
• Adding “Dummy” ODBC and Printers?
• Using VM “Integration” Components and Enlightenments?
• Add the VM Operating System to the Domain?
• Each Sequencing Image Needs Two Snapshots
• “Smoke Test” Client Specifics
• Using AppV_Manage for Testing

Advanced Sequencer Topics

• Monitoring Technique in App-V 4.*
• Monitoring Technique in App-V 5.*
• Reboots in App-V 4.*
• Reboots in App-V 5.*
• Use of “Other” disks
• x86 / x64
• Logs in App-V 5.*
• Sequencer Event Logs
• Standard Event Logs
• Debug and Analytic Event Logs

Preparing the Sequencing VM Lab

• What is in the Image?
• What about Office?
• Multiple Sequence Images
• Tuning the image
• VM Integration Components
• Requirements and Pre-requisites
• Hardware Requirements
• OS Requirements
• Software Pre-requisites and Requirements

Sequencing Your First Application

• Lab Introduction
• Lab Goals
• Lab Requirements
• Lab Background: Naming Conventions
• Package Name
• Package Folder Name
• Primary Virtual Asset Directory Name
• Application Shortcut Names
• Lab Background: Preparation for a new Sequence

Extension Points & Streaming

• Lab Introduction
• Lab Background: Shell Integrations and Extensions
• Lab Background: Streaming

Sequencing a Package Upgrade

• Lab Introduction
• Lab Background: About Upgrades
• Lab Background: Using an existing package for “Branching” or “Active Upgrade”
• Special Considerations When Upgrading
• Upgrading a package with a modified exclusion list
• Original installation folder
• Customized “Preference” changes
• Original package Shortcut, FTA, and other “Extension” Changes

Client PowerShell Add/Pub & Upgrade

• Lab Introduction
• 8.3. Lab Background: PowerShell and the App-V Client PowerShell Interface
• Lab Part 1: Add/Publish the Original package
• Lab Part 2: Testing the Original WinRar
• Lab Part 3: Upgrading the WinRar package
• Lab Part 4: Testing the Upgraded Package

Post-Sequencing Customizations

• Lab Introduction
• Lab Background: Deployment and UserConfig files
• Lab Background: Shell Extensions
• Lab Background: About VC++ Runtimes
• Lab Background: About Paint.Net 3.5.10
• Lab Part 1: Sequencing Paint.Net
• Lab Part 2: Post-Sequence Modifications

Adobe Reader and Shell Extensions

• Lab Introduction
• Lab Background: Shell Extensions
• Lab Background: Adobe Reader X/XI and “Protected Mode”
• Lab Background: Adobe Reader XI and the Customization Wizard
• Post-Sequencer Modifications for Shell Extensions
• Lab Instructions for Testing at a Client Machine

Internet Explorer Add-ins, Connection Groups, and RunVirtual

• Lab Introduction
• Sequencing OS Components
• Packages with references to “Native” target executable files
• Connection Groups
• Sequencing IE Plug-ins
• About RunVirtual
• About Sequencing IE6
• Using the Plug-in Path of the Sequencing Wizard
• Sequencing Lab Instructions

User Personalization Settings

• Introduction
• About Where Apps Store Data
• About Exclusions and App-V Template Files
• Lab Part 1: Sequencing AppVPersonalization (Initial Attempt)
• Lab Part 2: Sequencing AppVPersonalization (Final Attempt)
• Lab part 3: Testing the Package at a Client as an Administrator
• Lab Part 4: Locating Registry Data associated with this package at the Client
• Lab Part 5: Locating File Data associated with this package at the Client

Protected Services

• Lab Introduction
• On Capturing Windows Services
• On Service Accounts
• On Permissions of a Windows Service
• On the “SC” Command
• On Detecting a Service D