With App-V 4.5 the option to allow “Anonymous” access disappeared from the App-V Management infrastructure without any easy substitute.This article shows how to get similar functionality back, partly.

The requirements:

There is no “real” Active Directory. All Users are members of an “Alternative” Directory Service (Samba in that case, but it also might be a Windows Workgroup, eDirectory or so).

A Stand-Alone-AD with a very limited amount of Lab Users and no Trust Relationship to the Directory Service is acceptable but must not require any administration

All Users get the same set of applications

Client Devices get their Virtual Applications as dynamic as possible without the need to “touch” them. There is no Electronic Software Distribution solution in place

Dynamic Suite Composition and Active Upgrade are highly demanded

File Type Associations should be assigned on the Client.

Application Shortcut Integration (Desktop Icon, Start Menu) is optional

Applications are listed on an Intranet web site

Management efforts are as limited as possible.

Source: http://www.softgridblog.com/?p=127