Citrix recommends App-V for certain scenarios, like application streaming. http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/10/31/guide-for-deploying-app-v-5-on-xendesktop-7-and-xenapp-6-5/ http://searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/news/2240184559/Citrix-kills-its-Application-Streaming-feature-directs-users-to-App-V
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Marcum, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow…. I would *LOVE* to see anything you have from Citrix stating this. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Ratliff > *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:51 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Anyone using App-V/SCS on VDI? > > > > Citrix has told us to use App-V not XenApp for our environment. Why that > is, I don’t know. > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Marcum, John > *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 12:41 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Anyone using App-V/SCS on VDI? > > > > Over the years I've tried to find use cases for App-V but I've never > really found one that made sense. The non-persistent desktop model is > definfantely an idea but if you have VDI you have XenApp so why use App-V? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Paul Winstanley > *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:27 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] OT: Anyone using App-V/SCS on VDI? > > > > Daniel > > > > I've implemented app-v in xendesktop VDI and with SCS enabled. My main > concern is the publishing time for apps when users first login whilst they > await the ConfigMgr policy run. Time for this to occur was dependent on the > number and size of apps for the user. > > > > To get round this issue the apps were cached into the master image. Which, > of course, reduced flexibility. Luckily smallish customer with minimal > application set. On a larger scale this wouldn't work. > > > > Bear in mind this was a non persistent desktop. > > > > Cheers > > Paul > > > > > > > On 20 Nov 2014, at 17:15, Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am trying to build a case to keep App-V around. I helped implement it, > sequenced a few apps, evaluated AdminStudio, and integrated with ConfigMgr. > I left the packaging team last year and since then they have had nothing > but trouble. We pushed hard for App-V, but the number of support tickets > outweighed the benefit on physical workstations. > > > > The other teams want to remove it completely and go back to legacy > installs for everything. My last saving grace is we could definitely use > Shared Content Store on VDI to save storage costs. Has anyone used SCS > before or had any App-V + VDI implementations? > > > > Ideas? Thoughts? I see the benefit of App-V across the board, but > Microsoft shows little to no push for it, and the issues we have had are > making everyone else hate it. > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this > material/information in error, > please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this > material/information in error, > please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > ------------------------------ > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > >
