The following items must be configured on the domain controller computer:

• Windows Server 2008/2003

• Active Directory Domain Services.

• Specified Active Directory objects.

The following items must be present on the management server computer before installing App- V Management Server:

• Windows Server 2008

• IIS 7.0 configured with ASP.NET (and required role features)

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

Configure the Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Perform the following on the Windows Server 2008/2003 domain controller:

Active Directory

Before you install the App-V Management Server, you must create the following objects in Active Directory:

• Organizational Unit (OU): Create an OU in Active Directory for Microsoft Application Virtualization-specific groups, and for the necessary Microsoft Application Virtualization domain account.

• Microsoft Application Virtualization Administrative Group: Microsoft Application Virtualization requires you to select an Active Directory group to use as an App-V administrators group for controlling administrative access to the Management Console. Add to this group every user who needs to use the Management Console. You cannot create this group directly from the Microsoft System Center Application Virtualization Management Server installer.

Note: For the purposes of this, only a single-domain setup is supported in your test lab environment. If you create groups, create them as global groups. Multi-domain and multi-forest scenarios require a different setup and are covered in Microsoft training courses.

• Microsoft Application Virtualization Users Group: Microsoft Application Virtualization requires that all user accounts that access Microsoft Application Virtualization functions be a member of a provider policy associated with a single group for general platform access. You can use an existing group (such as Domain Users) or create a new group.

• Domain Test User Account: This account will be the user test account for Microsoft Application Virtualization end-user functionality. Add your domain test user account to each of the groups discussed in this list. If you do not, application shortcuts on the App-V Client will not display in your test user account.

• Application Groups: Microsoft Application Virtualization associates the right to use an individual application with a group. For the purposes of this guide, we will associate all test applications with the Domain Users group, even though many other options exist for production use. If you decide to use individual groups for application publishing, then the user will need to logout and log back into the system to refresh their applications if a user has been added to a new application group. This is not necessary if you are assigning a virtual application to an existing group which the user was already a member of during the last logon.

Configure the Microsoft Application Virtualization Management Server

Perform the following on the machine to be the App-V Management Server:

Configuring IIS 7.0 for Windows Server 2008

Add the Web Server (IIS) role with the following role services enabled:

• ASP.NET (and all required role services and features) 

• Windows Authentication

• Management Tools

Install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2

Using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is not a recommended configuration for a production environment of Microsoft Application Virtualization. The Express Edition was chosen to facilitate the setup of this trail environment only.

1. Download Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2.

2. Run SQLEXPR32.EXE.

3. Read and accept the license agreement, and then click Next.

4. On the Installing Prerequisites page, click Install.

5. Click Next. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup wizard will launch.

6. On the Welcome page, click Next.

7. On the System Configuration Check page, verify that all checks were successful, and then click Next.

8. On the Registry Information page, enter a Name and Company, and then click Next.

9. On the Feature Selection page, click Client Components and select Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive, and then click Next.

10. On the Authentication Mode page, click Mixed Mode, and enter and confirm a sa password.

11. Click Next.

12. On the Configuration Options page, select the Add user to the SQL Server Administrator role check box, and then click Next.

13. On the Error and Usage Report Settings page, click Next.

14. Click Install.

15. When setup is finished click Next.

16. On the Completing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup page, click the Surface Area Configuration tool link.

17. Click the Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections link.

18. In the console tree, under Database Engine, click Remote Connections.

19. In the details pane, select Local and remote connections and click Apply.

20. In the alert dialog, click OK.

21. In the console tree, under Database Engine, click Service.

22. Click Stop, wait until the MSSQLSERVER service stops, and then click Start to restart the MSSQLSERVER service.

23. In the console tree, click SQL Server Browser.

24. In the details pane, select Automatic from the Startup type list box.

25. Click Apply.

26. Click Start to start the SQLBrowser service.

27. Click OK.

28. Close the SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration page.

29. Click Finish.