What this book covers

Chapter 1, Deploying App-V 5 Services, covers the steps to get your backend App-V infrastructure up and running. Here, we cover everything from the installation of a SQL server and the creation of a redundant Publishing server to two options on how to store your APPV files.

Chapter 2, Deploying App-V 5 Clients and Updates, leverages your existing skills (or teaches you new ones!) in Group Policy software deployment and Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager to deploy the App-V client prerequisites, client, and updates to your end users.

Chapter 3, Sequencing Applications, illustrates the steps to set up your sequencing PC and use a range of methods to capture applications in App-V packages.

Chapter 4, Managing Packages, covers deploying packages to your end users while managing file type associations and shortcut paths.

Chapter 5, Using Connection Groups, captures a middleware package (the Java Development Kit) and joins it with another virtual application to share application components.

Chapter 6, Sequencing Office 2013, utilizes the new scripted approach to obtaining a package for Office 2013 and reduces the time taken for deployment.

Chapter 7, Deploying App-V 5 in a Virtual Environment, covers how to take advantage of the Shared Content Store mode to further enhance your Remote Desktop Services or Citrix^? XenDesktop^? environment with App-V.

Chapter 8, Managing Packages in System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2, covers extending your SCCM infrastructure to deploy App-V packages to your users without the need for any further App-V infrastructure.

Chapter 9, Reporting in App-V 5, covers helpful insights on the state of your App-V clients and lets you know which applications are being run using the App-V Reporting Server and Microsoft Office Excel.

Chapter 10, Troubleshooting, lets you know where to go when it all goes wrong. This demonstrates identifying the correct App-V logging and getting your users back up and running in no time.