Implementing App-V 5.0 Full Infrastructure on Server 2012 Consultant Guide

Transform applications into managed services

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog I’m creating this post to give you the step by step on how to build you Application Virtualization Infrastructure 5.0 (App-V 5.0) in just quite few minutes.

Hardware Prerequisites

App-V 5.0 Supported Configurations

Use Virtual Machines

App-V 5.0 Supported Configurations click for review memory and OS requirements
Click here App-V 2012 More Information

Hardware Resources Virtual Machines

Services and Applications

OS

VM-DC01

Active Directory Domain Services

Windows Server 2012

VM-Appv-SVR

SQL Server 2012 Standard / App-V Management Server

Windows Server 2012

VM-Client

App-V Client

Windows 7 SP1 /Windows 8

VM-Seq

App-V Sequencer has to be a VM with an clean Snapshot after install App-V Sequencer

Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 (x86)

Optional

You also can install System Center Configuration Manager 2012 as your co-worker deploying Virtual Apps to different locations and reduce the load on App-V Server.
Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) you can use it as co-worker too, for manage different clients that work outside of your company and need those critical applications.
Server App-V on SCVMM 2012, here’s a new and fabulous feature of App-V integrated with Virtual Machine Manager 2012. This means that Virtual Apps are images of applications that can be copied to the system running Server App-V agent, without requiring a local installation. Server App-V is an effective method of reducing hardware an operational costs that are associated with application deployment.

Step 1

Configuring your Active Directory for the deployment of App-V Server

Logon to you Domain Controller and go to Users and Computers and create the following groups:

AppV_Admins, SQL_Admins_Appv, AppV_Users

I recommend create an OU of App-V and use specific Groups for a better management in your environment.

Leave the DC VM Running

Step 2

Installing App-V Server Prerequisites

Now lets work with all prerequisites of App-V 5.0 Server

On the App-V Server Install the following Roles and Features

Server Roles :

Web Server (IIS)

Features :

.NetFrameWork
Configuring Web Server Roles
Common Document

Static Content
Health and Diagnostics
HTTP Logging
Performance
Static Content Compression
Security
Request Filtering
Windows Authentication
Application Development
.Net Extensibility 3.5
.Net Extensibility 4.5
ASP click Ok for the defaults
ISAPI Extensions
ISAPI Filters

Next and Install.

Download and Install Microsoft Silver-light for the management console of App-V

Leave App-V Server Running

Step 3

Setting up Database on SQL Server

Install your SQL Server 2008 or 2012 Standard or higher
I Recommend make this step first if you don't want to restart the server twice.

Database Engine
Reporting Services

Click on appv_server_setup.exe to Prepare the SQL Server.
You need to make this step on your SQL Server VM.

Select Management Server DB to configure the Database

and Reporting Server DB

Step 4

Installing App-V 5.0 Server Management, Publishing and Reporting Server

I used port 8080, but you always can use another available port.

Congratulation's now you can use App-V Server 5.0 Full Infrastructure

Step 5

Preparing our App-V Management and Publishing Server to deploy some applications

Firewall Considerations

Configure Firewall inbound rule to prevent issues with communications

Finish and close the Firewall console.

App-V Management Console

The management console is an Silverlight Web-Base.

Now lets compare 4.5 vs 5.0, on 4.5 you can only administer all applications in a Microsoft Management Console and the interface was really poor vs 5.0 that is Web-Base and can be administrated from any browser and it’s really simple.

Now you have your App-V Server installed, you need to create a Directory named Content and share for the App-V Admins and App-V Users groups.

Transform applications into managed services

Now open your management console, if you are in Server 2012 click Start and then search for App-V

Now navigate to Packages, over here is for add packages ad also you can create and manage connections groups for accessing your virtual apps.

Servers Tab you can use this area to register new App-V Servers
Admin Tab is for add or remove administrators of your App-V environment.

Step 6

Importing your first Virtual Application

Import your App from a shared folder, make sure that groups you want to apply this package have read enabled.
Click on Add or Upgrade a Packages

Click Add

As you can see we have imported the App to our server, now we need to publish this app and assign a connection group.

Right click on the Virtual App and click publish

Now add a Connection Group, rename to Notepad++ and publish

Now click on AD ACCESS Edit

Put you Domain\Group and check to grant access

Now on connected Packages add Notepad++ click on the arrow and apply

Step 7

How to sequence applications

First you need to install your App-V Sequencer
Then restart the machine and start the Sequencer
You also need to stop Windows Defender , Windows Search and Windows Update Services

Click on Create New Virtual Application and then new.

Click Next and Select Standard Application

Select your application path and then next, name you package and specify the Virtual Directory it can be whatever you want but I recommend make this directory on Root C:

Then Click next install with defaults

Finish Install

Click Run Selected to make sure that app is working.

Click on Create

Step 8

How to install client and sync applications

Install App-V Client, at this point you have to use Power-Shell .

Here’s is when you going to love Power-Shell

After install the App-V client you should configure the App-V Publishing server and sync applications, there do many areas to get this done I’m going to use the Power Shell method.

Open Power Shell as Administrator modify the Publishing server copy and paste.

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSinged
Import-Module Appvclient
Add-AppvPublishingServer – Name appv01 –URL http://servername.domain:8082
Sync-ApvPblishingServer
1

Here you go!

Now you have a App-V environment build.

In the next post i will show you how to convert a Legacy Package to App-V 5.0 and how to deploy clients on the easy way if you have a huge infrastructure.

Here the link Convert Legacy Package from 4.6 to 5.0

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