From bd118e043ed291356a5654889b43a05985c277c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LizRoss Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:56:13 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Adding content --- windows/manage/TOC.md | 2 +- windows/manage/appv-about-appv.md | 2 +- windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md | 2 +- windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-updating.md | 2 +- ...new-app.md => appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md} | 31 ++++++------------- .../appv-create-and-use-a-project-template.md | 2 +- ...istory-for-manage-and-update-windows-10.md | 2 +- 7 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) rename windows/manage/{appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md => appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md} (72%) diff --git a/windows/manage/TOC.md b/windows/manage/TOC.md index 1adfb7d70a..a5969b77d0 100644 --- a/windows/manage/TOC.md +++ b/windows/manage/TOC.md @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ #### [Deploying Microsoft Office 2010 by Using App-V](appv-deploying-microsoft-office-2010-wth-appv.md) ### [Operations for App-V](appv-operations.md) #### [Creating and Managing App-V Virtualized Applications](appv-creating-and-managing-virtualized-applications.md) -##### [Automatically sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md) +##### [Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md) ##### [Automatically sequence multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md) ##### [Automatically update multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-updating.md) ##### [Manually sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-sequence-a-new-application.md) diff --git a/windows/manage/appv-about-appv.md b/windows/manage/appv-about-appv.md index 24929e0f34..9fc61c9b7d 100644 --- a/windows/manage/appv-about-appv.md +++ b/windows/manage/appv-about-appv.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The following are new features in App-V for Windows 10, version 1703. Previous versions of the App-V Sequencer have required you to manually sequence and update your app packages. This was time-consuming and required extensive interaction, causing many companies to deploy brand-new packages rather than update an existing one. Windows 10, version 1703 introduces the App-V Auto-Sequencer, which automatically sequences your app packages, improving your overall experience by streamlining the provisioning of the prerequisite environment, automating app installation, and expediting the package updating setup. Using the automatic sequencer to package your apps provides: -- Automatic virtual machine (VM) provisioning of the sequencing environment. For info about this, see [Automatically sequence a new app using the Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md) +- Automatic virtual machine (VM) provisioning of the sequencing environment. For info about this, see [Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md). - Batch-sequencing of packages. This means that multiple apps can be sequenced at the same time, in a single group. For info about this, see [Automatically sequence multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md). diff --git a/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md b/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md index 75fe7d75e7..1e89fe8fb9 100644 --- a/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md +++ b/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ There are 3 types of log files that occur when you sequence multiple apps at the - [Learn about Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server) -- [Automatic VM provisioning of the sequencing environment](appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md) +- [Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md) - [Manually sequence a single app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-sequence-a-new-application.md) diff --git a/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-updating.md b/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-updating.md index a354113ab8..1be4eb3da8 100644 --- a/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-updating.md +++ b/windows/manage/appv-auto-batch-updating.md @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ There are 3 types of log files that occur when you sequence multiple apps at the - [Learn about Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server) -- [Automatic VM provisioning of the sequencing environment](appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md) +- [Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md) - [Manually sequence a single app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-sequence-a-new-application.md) diff --git a/windows/manage/appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md b/windows/manage/appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md similarity index 72% rename from windows/manage/appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md rename to windows/manage/appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md index ccf5008ce5..a148fc7743 100644 --- a/windows/manage/appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md +++ b/windows/manage/appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- -title: Automatically sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer) (Windows 10) -description: How to automatically sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer) PowerShell cmdlet or the user interface. +title: Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer) (Windows 10) +description: How to automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer) PowerShell cmdlet or the user interface. author: eross-msft ms.pagetype: mdop, appcompat, virtualization ms.mktglfcycl: deploy @@ -9,22 +9,12 @@ ms.prod: w10 --- -# Automatically sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer) +# Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer) **Applies to** - Windows 10, version 1703 -Previous versions of the App-V Sequencer have required you to manually sequence and update your app packages. This was time-consuming and required extensive interaction, causing many companies to deploy brand-new packages rather than update an existing one. Windows 10, version 1703 introduces the App-V Auto-Sequencer, which automatically sequences your app packages, improving your overall experience by streamlining the provisioning of the prerequisite environment, automating app installation, and expediting the package updating setup. - -Using the automatic sequencer to package your apps provides: - -- Automatic virtual machine (VM) provisioning of the sequencing environment. The process for this is covered in this topic. - -- Batch-sequencing of packages. This means that multiple apps can be sequenced at the same time, in a single group. For info about this, see [Automatically sequence multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md). - -- Batch-updating of packages. This means that multiple apps can be updated at the same time, in a single group. For info about this, see [Automatically update multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-updating.md). - -- Automatic template creation. The App-V package template is automatically created when using the automatic App-V Sequencer cmdlet or interface. +Previous versions of the App-V Sequencer have required you to manually create your sequencing environment. Windows 10, version 1703 introduces two new PowerShell cmdlets, New-AppVSequencerVM and Connect-AppvSequencerVM, which automatically create your sequencing environment for you, including provisioning your virtual machine. ## Automatic VM provisioning of the sequencing environment You have 2 options for provisioning an VM for auto-sequencing: @@ -118,6 +108,11 @@ The 2 types of provisioning log files, located at %temp%\AutoSequencer\Logs, are - **Connect-AppvSequencerVM-report-<*time_stamp*>.txt**. Includes info about the connections made to the VM, showing whether there were any failures. +### Next steps +After provisioning your sequencing environment, you must sequence your apps, either as a group or individually. For more info about sequencing your apps, see [Manually sequence a single new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-sequence-a-new-application.md), [Automatically sequence multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md), and [Automatically update multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-updating.md). + +After you sequence your packages, you can automatically cleanup any unpublished packages on the App-V client. For more info, see [Automatically cleanup unpublished packages on the App-V client](appv-auto-clean-unpublished-packages.md). + ### Related topics - [Download the Convert-WindowsImage tool](https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Convert-WindowsImageps1-0fe23a8f) @@ -127,14 +122,6 @@ The 2 types of provisioning log files, located at %temp%\AutoSequencer\Logs, are - [Learn about Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server) -- [Manually sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-sequence-a-new-application.md) - -- [Automatically sequence multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md) - -- [Automatically update multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-updating.md) - -- [Automatically cleanup unpublished packages on the App-V client](appv-auto-clean-unpublished-packages.md) - **Have a suggestion for App-V?**

Add or vote on suggestions on the [Application Virtualization feedback site](http://appv.uservoice.com/forums/280448-microsoft-application-virtualization).
For App-V issues, use the [App-V TechNet Forum](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=mdopappv). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/windows/manage/appv-create-and-use-a-project-template.md b/windows/manage/appv-create-and-use-a-project-template.md index 5762aa28d6..9ea8d246a9 100644 --- a/windows/manage/appv-create-and-use-a-project-template.md +++ b/windows/manage/appv-create-and-use-a-project-template.md @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ After creating the template, you can apply it to all of your new virtual app pac - [Learn about Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server) -- [Automatically sequence a single app using the Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md) +- [Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md) - [Manually sequence a single app using the Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-sequence-a-new-application.md) [Liz] Do we want to continue to point to the manual steps? Is there a reason to do one over the other? diff --git a/windows/manage/change-history-for-manage-and-update-windows-10.md b/windows/manage/change-history-for-manage-and-update-windows-10.md index f864a7330a..abe275d91f 100644 --- a/windows/manage/change-history-for-manage-and-update-windows-10.md +++ b/windows/manage/change-history-for-manage-and-update-windows-10.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ This topic lists new and updated topics in the [Manage and update Windows 10](in | [Distribute offline apps](distribute-offline-apps.md) | General updates to topic. Added links to supporting content for System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune. | |[What's new in App-V for Windows 10, version 1703 and earlier](appv-about-appv.md)|Updated to include new features in App-V for Windows 10, version 1703. | |[Release Notes for App-V for Windows 10, version 1703](appv-release-notes-for-appv-for-windows-1703.md)|New | -|[Automatically sequence a new app using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-sequence-a-new-app.md) |New | +|[Automatically provision your sequencing environment using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-provision-a-vm.md) |New | |[Automatically sequence multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-sequencing.md) |New | |[Automatically update multiple apps at the same time using Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer (App-V Sequencer)](appv-auto-batch-updating.md) |New | |[Automatically cleanup unpublished packages on the App-V client](appv-auto-clean-unpublished-packages.md) |New |