MED-V 2.0 Trial Guide

TrialGuideThisisapreliminarydocumentandmaybechangedsubstantiallypriortofinalcommercialreleaseofthesoftwaredescribedherein.TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentrepresentsthecurrentviewofMicrosoftCorporationontheissuesdiscussedasofthedateofpublication.BecauseMicrosoftmustrespondtochangingmarketconditions,itshouldnotbeinterpretedtobeacommitmentonthepartofMicrosoft,andMicrosoftcannotguaranteetheaccuracyofanyinformationpresentedafterthedateofpublication.ThisWhitePaperisforinformationalpurposesonly.MICROSOFTMAKESNOWARRANTIES,EXPRESS,IMPLIEDORSTATUTORY,ASTOTHEINFORMATIONINTHISDOCUMENT.Complyingwithallapplicablecopyrightlawsistheresponsibilityoftheuser.Withoutlimitingtherightsundercopyright,nopartofthisdocumentmaybereproduced,storedinorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise),orforanypurpose,withouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofMicrosoftCorporation.Microsoftmayhavepatents,patentapplications,trademarks,copyrights,orotherintellectualpropertyrightscoveringsubjectmatterinthisdocument.ExceptasexpresslyprovidedinanywrittenlicenseagreementfromMicrosoft,thefurnishingofthisdocumentdoesnotgiveyouanylicensetothesepatents,trademarks,copyrights,orotherintellectualproperty.2011MicrosoftCorporation.Allrightsreserved.Microsoft,Windows,WindowsVista,ActiveDirectory,MicrosoftSQLServerareeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.Thenamesofactualcompaniesandproductsmentionedhereinmaybethetrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.TrialGuideEvaluationGuideContents1IntroductiontotheTrialGuide................................................................................................32OverviewofMicrosoftEnterpriseDesktopVirtualization.....................................................42.1What’sNewinMED-V2.0........................................................................................................52.2MED-V2.0Components...........................................................................................................73TrialSystemRequirements...................................................................................................84SettinguptheMED-V2.0Environment..............................................................................104.1ConfiguretheMEDVADMINAdministrationcomputer..............................................................104.2InstallingtheMED-VWorkspacePackager..............................................................................124.3InstallingtheMED-VHostAgent............................................................................................125PreparingaVirtualPCImageforMED-V............................................................................135.1ConfiguretheWindowsXPModeVirtualMachine....................................................................135.2SealingtheMED-VImageUsingSysprep................................................................................155.3MergetheVirtualHardDisk...................................................................................................186DeployingtheMED-VWorkspace.......................................................................................196.1CreateaWorkspaceDeploymentPackage..............................................................................206.2DeployingtheMED-VWorkspace...........................................................................................226.3TestingtheMED-VWorkspace...............................................................................................237ManageaMED-VWorkspace..............................................................................................267.1ManagingURLRedirection.....................................................................................................267.2ManageMED-VWorkspaceSettings.......................................................................................278MED-VAdministrationToolkit............................................................................................289OperationsSecurityBestPractices.....................................................................................3010AppendixA:PreparinganimageforSysprep.....................................................................32TrialGuide31IntroductiontotheTrialGuideThistrialguideisdesignedtohelpyouquicklysetupaMicrosoftEnterpriseDesktopVirtualization(MED-V)evaluationinatestenvironment.ThisguideprovidesdetailsofthestepsnecessarytoinstallMicrosoftMED-Vcomponents,forboththeMicrosoftMED-VWorkspacePackagerandMED-VHostAgent.ThisguidecreatesanenvironmentwhereaWindowsXP-basedguest(virtualmachine)withapplicationscanbeintegratedintoaWindows®7hostmachine.Theguideincludes:InstallationoftheMED-VWorkspacePackagerandMED-VHostAgent,preparingaWindowsVirtualPC-basedvirtualmachineforMED-V,creatinganddeployingaMED-Vworkspace,administeringMED-V,troubleshooting,andexploringtheMED-VAdministrationToolkit.Tohelpthisp