Our friends over in the MDOP team just released the beta version of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 today.  We know that many of you are looking at application virtualization in both the context of your existing environment and also as part of your migration planning to Windows...

We have less than three weeks till we kick off our next European tour! Be aware, seating is limited, so if you have not registered, you will want to do so soon before all the remaining spots are taken. What can you expect at our five-hour free Tour Workshops? Learn about Office 2010 key IT investments...

With the launch of App-V 4.6 happening today, I was able to catch up with Karri Alexion-Tiernan , Director of Product Management for App-V for a quick Q&A. Stephen: What problems can Microsoft application virtualization (App-V) solve for my business? Karri : App-V reduces the IT costs of packaging...

With the release of the XP Mode Release Candidate, there has been a lot of talk and confusion around when XP Mode is a ideal solution and when you should look at Med-V as a solution . I thought I would take a few minutes to clear up any confusion. Well, let me start with actually talking a bit about...

Blog author Jeremy Chapman is a Sr Product Manager with the Windows Commercial team. By now the announcements have gone out for the Beta , been blogged about and seen in other social networking channels, so I thought I would do something a bit more in depth on this for the Springboard Blog. A little...

Did our VRT wrap-up post wet your appetite for more? Looking to learn about virtualization as a application compatibility tool? No need to worry if you missed the live event as the is now available to stream or download here . Windows 7 Application Compatibility Part 2: Virtualization In part two of...

(reposted from our blog of May 26th) After we announced Windows XP Mode, I sat down again with Jeremy Chapman at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas a few weeks ago to find out what he thought about Windows XP Mode as a solution for solving application compatibility issues. Stephen Rose: Hi...

We are pleased to announce the release of the Microsoft Desktop Virtualization zone on Springboard Series on TechNet that provides dynamic information and structured resources to help you explore, test, pilot, and deploy the latest Windows OS in your environment. With Microsoft Desktop Virtualization...

Thank you to all of you who tuned in and posted or sent in questions for our most recent roundtable and made it another huge success. We will be posting all the questions and answers in the next few days so keep an eye out. Missed the VRT? Here is the promo of what you can look forward to when the replay...

Thank you again for all of you who tuned in live for our most recent virtual roundtable. We had so many questions asked during the broadcast, we were unable to get to all of them so I am dedicating this blog post to the questions and to the answers provided by our product teams involved in the broadcast...

if you haven’t visited Talking About Windows.com in awhile, look at all you have missed. Lidiane Souza a Sr. Group Program Manager at Microsoft discusses the concept of isolated applications and the benefits it provides to IT administrators, including flexibility, the ease of management, and a seamless...

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Windows 7 Application Compatibility Part 2: Virtualization Date: Thursday, September 24 Time: 9:00am Pacific Time https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard   Hear from a panel of experts how virtualization tools can help you with application compatibility concerns...