MSI Utility for Softgrid (WIAVE) FAQ
Thursday, 20 September 2007 by Michel Roth
Like Thincomputing.net reported more than a month ago, Microsoft has been working on a replacement for the not-so-popular Softgrid integration into SMS (SMS Connector). The details are becoming public now so there's no sense in holding back on what's really happening:

This MSI Utility for Softgrid (or WIAVE) consists of two components:

The MSI Packager Utility
Which takes the sequencer output and encapsulates all files (.sft , .osd , .ico) necessary for a virtual application to be installed on a single device in a MSI formatted package (MSI wrapper).

The MSI installer
Which leverages the SFTMIME command set to (a) configure the shortcuts and file type associations; (b) load the application into the SoftGrid cache; and (c) register the application package with Windows Add/Remove Programs.

Read the offically published FAQ at the Softgrid Team blog.

Related Items:

Microsoft Publicly Announces Windows Installer Application Virtualization Extension (12 September 2007)
The Windows Installer Application Virtualization Extension (WIAVE) (2 August 2007)
MSI Utility for Softgrid Released (20 December 2007)
SoftGrid File Checking Utility (3 July 2007)
Methods For Upgrading Or Updating Virtualized Applications (25 September 2007)
SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 And 4.2 HFRU2 (20 February 2008)
Microsoft Application Virtualization Hands-on Labs (5 February 2008)
Inside The Sequencer (24 August 2007)
New Softgrid Release Accompanied by New Website (21 June 2007)
SoftGrid 4.2 Is Now Available (9 July 2007)
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