Microsoft WVD and Liquidware – Better Together – NEW Joint Solution Brief!

clarkquote(2 minute read) – Microsoft WVD (Windows Virtual Desktop) is coming and Liquidware is hearing from many customers that they plan to deploy a proof-of-concept or pilot to test the waters as soon as possible. Microsoft has a public preview program in the works and you can now register here to apply for access to the program. If you’ve been following Microsoft WVD you’ve seen that Liquidware has been named by Microsoft to the short list of focused partners that Microsoft is working closely with, as mentioned in this Microsoft blog.

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How FlexApp Handles Layer Conflicts

One of the things I love about FlexApp is that it has taken the layering paradigm and essentially turned it on its head.  We’ve all “grown up” thinking of layering as done in a particular way but FlexApp shows there are other ways of accomplishing the task of delivering applications dynamically.  One of the critical designs of layering is figuring out what happens when files, folders or registry entries conflict.  FlexApp uses a technology called Micro-Isolation to handle these types of conflicts.  The technology was developed because of how FlexApp builds the view of the operating system file system and registry.  It is a very different way of looking at how layers are laid down on the image and how conflicts are handled.

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