Agreed, unless you've got really poor Office add-ons that can't co-exist ---Blackberried
-----Original Message----- From: Webster <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:15:49 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: APP-V for 2008R2 terminal services Because they were either stupid or just didn't know what they were doing (or both). Office 2xxx belongs in the base image. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> On 9/7/12 12:55 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm trying to understand why a previous vendor (who no longer supports >them) at one of my customers had setup a 2008 R2 terminal server to use MS >APP-V. > >The environment consists of 25 thin client devices in a school/lab >setting. >The ONLY software used on the terminal server is Office 2007 and Internet >Explorer. I can't seem to determine why the vendor bothered with building >a separate MS APP-V server for Office 2007. Why not just load Office 2007 >on the terminal server? It's not taxed as far as resources go. There is >no other software loaded on the terminal server that conflicts with Office >2007 so... why APP-V? > >Thinking about building a replacment terminal server, and installing >Office >2010 on it. My experience with APP-V is basically nil... but guessing at >this point, it's not needed at all for an environment like this one? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
