SCCM 2012 & Application Virtualization 5.0

Application Virtualization (App-V) has came a long way in my opinion.  I look into App-V 5.0 the other day and  ran into so much problem trying to sequence an application for SCCM 2012 and App-V client.  Completely my fault...  I didn't do much reading on it and was trying to use the Q drive like I used to do in App-V 4.6 sp1.  Big mistake! With App-V 5.0, the Q: drive is gone...   So, what has changed since 4.6 sp1, this is a good read.

Even the installation of App-V client is so simple and the fact that you can use group policy to control the settings makes App-V 5.0 so user friendly now.

Complete App-V 5.0 document resources HERE

This guide provide a step by step instruction for sequencing applications with App-V 5.0 for SCCM 2012.
Windows-Noob:  How can I sequence applications using App-V version 5 for Configuration Manager 2012 Sp1.


The following articles can be used as a reference for sequencing application with App-V 5.0
How to sequence a new application with App-V 5.0
What I do:  App-V 5 and the "Primary Virtual application Directory"

The following shows you how to install App-V 5.0 client with SCCM 2012
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmanagergeneral/thread/b136865c-8aa0-4a96-9fb4-476fb9081a98/

Issues with SCCM 2012 Reporting Service Point on SQL 2012

I ran into some issues with getting the Reporting Service Point in SCCM 2012 to work with SQL 2012. According to this post, SCCM 2012 Reporting Service Point is indeed supported on SQL 2012 SP1.  This is exactly what I had...

Why in the world it is not working for me?  I am not getting a Reporting Services Server Instances on the drop down box...  It was empty.

After some research, I came to realize that the issue was due to the configuration of SSRS which was not properly done.  Most likely the virtual directory was not created etc.

Following this article or this article actually resolve the problem.  Phew!!!!

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 in Secure Mode (PKI)

There are a lot of articles available on the internet which provide a step by step guide in providing certificates to your SCCM 2012 infrastructure to run in secure mode (HTTPS)

Here are some of the articles which I find useful. Kudos to the authors.

James Bannan IT - Certificate Requirement for SCCM 2012  (Gotchas with SQL)
Step by Step Guide from TechNet
Another Step by Step Guide Here
Sandbu Blogg

There are very straight forward and they work!!!