Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 RTM Upgrade

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2011 went live last week, offering customers an upgrade as far as the virtualization resources packed in the offering are concerned.

Essentially, MDOP 2011 includes the first upgrade to Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6, namely Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM, as well as version 2.0 of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V).

When it comes down to App-V 4.6, business customers can certainly access the first upgrade through MDOP 2011, but they can also grab it via the Microsoft Download Center.

“Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 1 (App-V 4.6 SP1) updates App-V 4.6 with the latest security and stability enhancements to help keep computers running App-V up-to-date, reliable, and more secure,” the software giant stated.

“The goal of this service pack is to increase the overall quality of the existing product features while maintaining a high level of compatibility with previous releases.”

According to the software giant, customers will need Application Virtualization 4.6 RTM (4.6.0.1523) in order to upgrade to SP1.

Customers are advised that they can run into some problems with the upgrade for App-V 4.6.

J.C. Hornbeck, System Center Knowledge Engineer published a list with the known issues associated with App-V 4.6 SP1 as well as links to a few Knowledge Base articles designed to help customers solve eventual problems.

The Redmond company enumerated some of the core enhancements to App-V 4.6 SP1.

“•Streamlined application sequencing – Improvements to the App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer make packaging applications for App-V easier and faster.

•Support for using a read-only cache on RDS – App-V 4.6 SP1 now supports using a shared, read-only cache in both VDI and RDS environments.

•Support for sequencing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 – App-V 4.6 SP1 now supports sequencing the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.

•Customer Feedback and Hotfix Rollup – App-V 4.6 SP1 also includes a rollup up of fixes to address issues found since the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 release.”

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM is available for download here.