You probably already knew that starting with version 4.5 the official name for Softgrid will be Microsoft Application Virtualization. Microsoft now announced that there will also be a new official short name: App-V.
App-V and Hyper-V, I must say, that doesn’t sound so bad. What’s next? Terminal-V, Mail-V, DB-V? 
Read the article on the App-V blog.
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Tags: App-V, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Softgrid
View Sven Huisman's profile
June 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
It needs to be said that “App-V” won’t be available for every customer! Microsoft only sells “App-V” within their Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and MDOP is only available for Microsoft Software Assurance customers.
This is in my opinion a strange choice because Microsoft really put’s a break on their Application Virtualization strategy like this. What would be the reason?
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