Having absolutely no experince with SoftGrid I decided to attempt to setup a Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Beta lab. I want to be able to demo the product for management so they can see the true benefits of the product. I already had a ConfigMgr 07 lab in VM Ware so I installed SP 1 and R2. Then I downloaded Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Beta and installed it following the steps outlined in the Full Trial Guide. This required me to build a new VM machine wiht nothing but XP on it and a Q: drive. It took me about a day to get all the pre-reqs inclusing SP1 and R2 installed and to install 4.5 beta. I ran into 1 small snag, my Word Viewer app would not launch. Some nice person on the Technet forum pointed me to editing out a single character in the osd file and that app launched like a champ. I am truly impressed with Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, so much so that I am about to write a requsition to purchase it today.
Look for more detailed info on how Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 integrates into ConfigMgr 07 in my next blog.