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■ If you are planning on deploying the virtualized application to multiple server operat-
ing systems, sequence the application on the earliest version of the operating system.
For example, if you are deploying to servers running the Windows Server 2012 and
Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems, sequence the application on Windows
Server 2012.
■ Configure ODBC or printer connections prior to sequencing. You'll also need to con-
figure ODBC and printer settings on computers with the Server App-V agent installed
prior to importing the sequenced package.
■ Use a virtual machine with checkpoints to perform sequencing. This way you can revert
to the checkpoints to sequence new applications as necessary.

MORE INFO SERVER APP-V SEQUENCING

You can learn more about Server App-V sequencing at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
library/gg703265.aspx .

Deploying a Server App-V package
Before you deploy a Server App-V package to a server, you must first ensure that you have
deployed the Server App-V agent. You also need to ensure that any roles, features, and other
dependencies required by the application are also present. The dependencies that are re-
quired will depend on the application, with some being captured by the sequencing process,
and others being required on the host computer.
The Server App-V PowerShell agent cmdlets allow you to test package deployment locally,
including running tests to verify the functionality of a package. If you want to use the Server
App-V PowerShell agent cmdlets, you need to set the execution policy on the computer that
will host the virtualized application to RemoteSigned.
Server App-V has the following Windows PowerShell cmdlets:
■ Add-ServerAppvPackage Adds a new virtual application to a computer that has the
Server App-V agent installed, or can be used to upgrade an existing virtual application.
■ Backup-ServerAppvPackageState Saves the runtime state of an existing Server
App-V application to a designated location.
■ Get-ServerAppvAgent Provides information about the Server App-V agent.
■ Get-ServerAppvPackage

Provides information about a deployed Server App-V

package.
■ Remove-ServerAppvPackage

Removes Server App-V package from a computer to

which it has been deployed.
■ Remove-ServerAppvPackageState Removes the runtime state, returning the virtual
application package to its initial state, but does not remove the virtual application
package.