Thursday, 7 May 2015

Alternatives for Microsoft Load Balancing

What are the Alternatives for Microsoft Load Balancing: below are few which are famous for their brand  :)

o    F5 Networks

o    Barracuda

o    Citrix NetScaler

o    KEMP

o    Cisco ACE

Differences between App-V 4.6 and App-V 5.0

App-V 4.6

 

App-V 5.0

 

 

 

Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.x desktop OS support

Windows 7 and 8.x desktop OS support

Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 Server OS Support

Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 Server OS Support

Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC)

Connection Groups

Primary Virtual Application Directory (PVAD)

PVAD no longer required prior to sequencing

Limited Shell Extension Support

Extended Shell Extension Support

Limited ActiveX Support

Improved ActiveX Support

Shared Read Only Cache

Shared Content Store

.SFT package file format

.APPV package file format

Packages are backwards compatible with earlier versions

No backward compatibility; Converter Tool or Sequence again.

.OSD

 

.XML Dynamic Deployment/User Configuration

Sfttray.exe for application launch

 

Application .exe initiated directly

Application reboot simulated by Sequencer

 

Application reboot physically actioned during Sequencing

RTSPS, RTSP, HTTP, HTTPS and SMB streaming

 

HTTP, HTTPS and SMB streaming

SFTMIME/SFTTRAY commands on client and SFTSEQUENCER command line for sequencer

 

PowerShell commands on client, sequencer and server

Q: Drive

 

No mount drive on sequencer or client

Sftlog.txt and Event Log error reporting

 

Moved to Applications and Services Event Logs

SFTFS.FSD cache file

 

File/Folder structure in %PROGRAMDATA%

Default isolation of applications

 

Default isolation of application apart from Virtual Application Extensions

MMC Management Server Console

 

Management Server Silverlight web console

ApplicationSourceRoot

 

PackageSourceRoot

 

 

Above are the  Differences between App-V 4.6 and App-V 5.0

Migration from APP-V 4.6 to 5.0 with SP3