This article will describe a method for having a locally-installed process automatically launch inside a virtual environment. This method does not require publishing new shortcuts for the local application. Background App-V customers often have...

With all the excitement around HTTP streaming in App-V 4.5, many people fail to realize HTTP Publishing has been a feature of App-V since…well…the very first release of SoftGrid. This series of articles will discuss how to build your own App-V publishing...

A couple of weeks ago I did a follow-up interview with Charles Torre for Channel 9's Going Deep show. This time we got to go a little deeper in the architecture. Enjoy. http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/John-Sheehan-Application-Virtualization...

A couple of months ago I did an interview with Charles Torre for Channel 9's Going Deep show. Well, it finally got posted. Let me know what you think. Feel free to just post comments on the Channel 9 site and I'll monitor it and answer them. http:...

A while back I was writing a generic b-tree implementation that used a memory-mapped file for persisting / retrieving data. I wanted it to be used in the same way that std::map is, like this: btree<key_t, value_t> b_tree; There are a...

Or, when APCs attack REQUIRED DISCLAIMER: I’m the architect for the Microsoft Application Virtualization product (formerly known as SoftGrid). However, all information, opinions, anecdotes, facts, pseudo-facts, exaggerations and flat-out lies represent...

I had the week of Thanksgiving off. So, what better time to learn a new technology. And, since I spend more time in the command prompt than anywhere else on my system, I figured I should get with the times and learn PowerShell. So, I grabbed Bruce Payette...