Virtualization by Davis: “Sequenced QuickBooks, not seeing Office 2010” plus 10 more

Sequenced QuickBooks, not seeing Office 2010
Turn to Microsoft RemoteApp Programs when VDI and RDS just won't do
Configuring Applications for XenDesktop Single Server Scalability Testing with Login VSI: Part 1- Preparing Applications
Configuring Applications for Single Server Scalability Testing with Login VSI Part 2: HDX MediaStream Flash Redirection and Single-User Login VSI Testing
Pure Storage announces integration of ZeroSnap and VMware vCenter Web Client Plugin into FlashArray
Wanted: New Citrix Education Virtualization Instructors in the Americas
Wanted: New Citrix Education NetScaler Instructors in the Americas
Release: VMware Workstation 9
Release: Embotics V-Commander for delivering ITaaS
app-v server locations
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Sequenced QuickBooks, not seeing Office 2010

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:43 PM PDT

Hello, I have Sequenced a number of QuickBooks applications successfully, however, I am unable to get QuickBooks to recognize Office. I have added Office as a dependency to QB, but when attempt try to use an excel link it fails to open. When I try to set the email account, there is no option for that. However, if I use a script to open Office in a locally installed QB, it works. However, we are getting away from locally installed apps on the server.

Here is my osd file (disregard the error in the Year, I will fix that later)

Shouldn't I see Office open in the sftlog file.

QB OSD FILE:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<SOFTPKG GUID="9A38379F-127F-4DD3-8C2F-B9164961BEF8" NAME="QuickBooks Pro 2010" VERSION="20.0.4016.807">
<IMPLEMENTATION>
<CODEBASE HREF="RTSP://%SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER%:554/QuickBooks Pro 2012.sft" GUID="1D0A3AFF-C74B-48A1-9241-C932876AC1E2" PARAMETERS="" FILENAME="QuickBooksPro2012.V04\QBPRO2010\QBW32Pro.exe" SYSGUARDFILE="QuickBooksPro2012.V04\osguard.cp" SIZE="2788064449"/>
<VIRTUALENV TERMINATECHILDREN="FALSE">
<DEPENDENCY>
<CODEBASE HREF="RTSP://%SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER%:554/Off2010.V05/Microsoft Office 2010_8.sft" GUID="F453A898-EFDC-40E2-8C64-C2FD7AA4D4E9" PARAMETERS="" FILENAME="Microsoft Office 2010\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" SYSGUARDFILE="Microsoft Office 2010\osguard.cp" SIZE="2298968104"/>
</DEPENDENCY>
<POLICIES>
<LOCAL_INTERACTION_ALLOWED>TRUE</LOCAL_INTERACTION_ALLOWED>
</POLICIES>
<ENVLIST>
<ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE="PATH">%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer\;%PATH%;%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON%\Intuit\QBPOSSDKRuntime;</ENVIRONMENT>
</ENVLIST>
</VIRTUALENV>
<WORKINGDIR>%SFT_MNT%\QuickBooksPro2012.V04\QBPRO2010\</WORKINGDIR>
<VM VALUE="Win32">
<SUBSYSTEM VALUE="console"/>
</VM>
<OS VALUE="Win2003TS"/>
<OS VALUE="Win2003TS64"/>
<OS VALUE="Win2008R2TS64"/>
<OS VALUE="Win2008TS"/>
<OS VALUE="Win2008TS64"/>
<OS VALUE="Win7"/>
<OS VALUE="Win764"/>
<OS VALUE="WinVista"/>
<OS VALUE="WinVista64"/>
<OS VALUE="WinXP"/>
<OS VALUE="WinXP64"/>
</IMPLEMENTATION>
<DEPENDENCY>
<CLIENTVERSION VERSION="4.6.0.0"/>
<SCRIPT EVENT="LAUNCH" PROTECT="TRUE" TIMING="PRE" WAIT="TRUE" EXTERN="TRUE">
<HREF>cmd /c start /wait cmd /c net start QBCFMonitorService</HREF>
</SCRIPT>
</DEPENDENCY>
<PACKAGE NAME="QuickBooks Pro 2012"/>
<ABSTRACT/>
<MGMT_SHORTCUTLIST>
<SHORTCUT LOCATION="%CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY%" FILENAME="QuickBooks Pro 2010.lnk" OVERRIDDEN="FALSE" DISPLAY="QuickBooks Pro 2010" ICON="%SFT_MIME_SOURCE%/QuickBooks Pro 2012 Icons/QuickBooks Pro 2010 20.0.4016.807.ico"/>
<SHORTCUT LOCATION="%CSIDL_PROGRAMS%\QuickBooks" FILENAME="QuickBooks Pro 2010.lnk" OVERRIDDEN="FALSE" DISPLAY="QuickBooks Pro 2010" ICON="%SFT_MIME_SOURCE%/QuickBooks Pro 2012 Icons/QuickBooks Pro 2010 20.0.4016.807.ico"/>
</MGMT_SHORTCUTLIST>
<MGMT_FILEASSOCIATIONS>
<PROGIDLIST/>
<FILEEXTENSIONLIST/>
</MGMT_FILEASSOCIATIONS>
</SOFTPKG>

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Turn to Microsoft RemoteApp Programs when VDI and RDS just won't do

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:04 AM PDT

VDI and RDS aren't always the best fit for remote app delivery. For a lightweight approach, try Microsoft RemoteApp Programs in Windows Server 2012.

Configuring Applications for XenDesktop Single Server Scalability Testing with Login VSI: Part 1- Preparing Applications

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Preparing for Single Server Application Testing In working with our Citrix Alliance hardware partners such as Cisco, Dell, HP, and IBM, our goal is always to deliver a set of test results that will enable prospective customers to understand how a set of commonly used programs will execute and perform in a Citrix environment. These results can aid in the architectural decision-making process, and help…

Configuring Applications for Single Server Scalability Testing with Login VSI Part 2: HDX MediaStream Flash Redirection and Single-User Login VSI Testing

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:29 PM PDT

HDX MediaStream Flash Redirection and Single-User VSI Testing In the first blog in this series we covered software preparations that installed and tested individual applications. In this blog, we'll cover configuring HDX MediaStream Flash redirection as well as single-user testing, leading up to full single-server testing of the system which will be covered in part three. HDX MediaStream Flash redirection is important to overall performance,…

Pure Storage announces integration of ZeroSnap and VMware vCenter Web Client Plugin into FlashArray

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Pure Storage is introducing ZeroSnap and a vCenter web client plugin for its product for Server and desktop virtualization: FlashArray.

The new release of the product woud be directed to fulfil a set of networked storage needs for companies who want to leverage flash memory for their performance-critical application.

The new addition of ZeroSnap in Pure Storage FlashArray would permit to take a thousand of indipendent snapshots per minute with minimal overhead, it would not require planning and have full read/write capabilities.

VMware vCenter Web Client Plugin would allow IT adminitrators to manage FlashArray in a easier way, the plugin automates and simplifies storage administration tasks like datastore creation and provides visibility into capacity utilization and performance

Labels: FlashArray, Pure Storage, Release, VMware, ZeroSnap

Wanted: New Citrix Education Virtualization Instructors in the Americas

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:14 AM PDT

Do you possess real-world, hands-on experience with virtualization technologies? Do you have a passion for teaching, are a strong communicator, and are ready for a new challenge? Have you always wanted to be an entrepreneur? If you answered yes, then you may be an ideal candidate to become an independent Citrix Certified Instructor (CCI) for Citrix Education in the Americas. What's in it for you as…

Wanted: New Citrix Education NetScaler Instructors in the Americas

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Do you possess real-world, hands-on experience with networking technologies? Do you have a passion for teaching, are a strong communicator, and are ready for a new challenge? Have you always wanted to be an entrepreneur? If you answered yes, then you may be an ideal candidate to become an independent Citrix Certified Instructor (CCI) for Citrix Education in the Americas. What's in it for you…

Release: VMware Workstation 9

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Today VMware, together with the release of Fusion 5.0, released version 9 of its desktop virtualization platform Workstation.

The main feature is, of course, the advanced support for Windows 8 and the new web interface that grants access to virtual machine on any device with a modern browser.

Other features that can be summarized are:

Support for encrypted virtual machines that require a runtime password and another password to change virtual machine settings
Semplified VMs transfer to and from vSphere
Various performances improvements

Labels: Release, VMware

Release: Embotics V-Commander for delivering ITaaS

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Embotics, the canadian company of virtualization and cloud management founded 2006, announced yesterday august 22, the new release of its V-Commander, version 4.6, for delivering IT as a service (ITaaS) for both private and public clouds.

Embotics Corporation aims to provide a simplified solutions and their cloud management platform V-Commander allows end users to optimize and automate their data centers, the focus of the software is to transform the management of virtual machines individually to managing the whole range of IT services, IT administrators would be able to control both virtual and non-virtual IT assets.

The main addition is the going from an Infrasturcture as a service (IaaS) to an IT as a service (ITaaS) which would extend to a wider rage of clients that are not completely tech-savy, as the service would be more user friendly.

Embotics will have a demonstration of new V-Commander with a preview of Microsoft Hyper-V support at the VMWorld.

Jay Litkey, CEO of Embotics express his view on the new release:

Embotics V-Commander allows end users to provision at the service level, which lets IT staff step back despite growing management demands. Rather than looking at one tree at a time, they can see the whole forest and make smarter decisions that benefit the overall business, with support and extensibility for public cloud infrastructures such as Amazon EC2, Embotics becomes the all-in-one cloud management platform for an even broader range of customers.

Labels: Embotics, Release

app-v server locations

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT

i am going to deploy App-V 4.6 with SCCM integration. I will be deploying the SCCM 2012 primary site at a data center location. Our link from our main office to this data center is 400MB. Should I deploy App-V servers local to the users in the main office or in the data center? We will be using the streaming functionality

Thanks!