App-V 5.0 SP3 Supported Configurations

This topic specifies the requirements to install and run Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 SP3 in your environment.

App-V Server system requirements

This section lists the operating system and hardware requirements for all of the App-V Server components.

Unsupported App-V 5.0 SP3 Server scenarios

The App-V 5.0 SP3 Server does not support the following scenarios:

• Deployment to a computer that runs Microsoft Windows Server Core.

• Deployment to a computer that runs a previous version of App-V 5.0 SP3 Server components. You can install App-V 5.0 SP3 side by side with the App-V 4.5 Lightweight Streaming Server (LWS) server only. Deployment of App-V side by side with the App-V 4.5 Application Virtualization Management Service (HWS) server is not supported.

• Deployment to a computer that runs Microsoft SQL Server Express edition.

• Remote deployment of the management server database or the reporting database. You must run the installer directly on the computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server.

• Deployment to a domain controller.

• Short paths. If you plan to use a short path, you must create a new volume.

Management server operating system requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 Management server installation.

Note   Microsoft provides support for the current service pack and, in some cases, the immediately preceding service pack. To find the support timelines for your product, see the Lifecycle Supported Service Packs. See Microsoft Support Lifecycle Support Policy FAQ for more information.

Important   Deployment of the Management server role to a computer with Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) enabled is not supported.

Management server hardware requirements

• Processor—1.4 GHz or faster, 64-bit (x64) processor

• RAM—1 GB RAM (64-bit)

• Disk space—200 MB available hard disk space, not including the content directory

Management server database requirements

The following table lists the SQL Server versions that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 Management database installation.

Publishing server operating system requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 Publishing server installation.

Publishing server hardware requirements

App-V adds no additional requirements beyond those of Windows Server.

• Processor—1.4 GHz or faster, 64-bit (x64) processor

• RAM—2 GB RAM (64-bit)

• Disk space—200 MB available hard disk space, not including the content directory

Reporting server operating system requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 Reporting server installation.

Reporting server hardware requirements

App-V adds no additional requirements beyond those of Windows Server.

• Processor—1.4 GHz or faster, 64-bit (x64) processor

• RAM—2 GB RAM (64-bit)

• Disk space—200 MB available hard disk space

Reporting server database requirements

The following table lists the SQL Server versions that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 Reporting database installation.

App-V client system requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 client installation.

The following App-V client installation scenarios are not supported, except as noted:

• Computers that run Windows Server

• Computers that run App-V 4.6 SP1 or earlier versions

• The App-V 5.0 SP3 Remote Desktop services client is supported only for RDS-enabled servers

App-V client hardware requirements

The following list displays the supported hardware configuration for the App-V 5.0 SP3 client installation.

• Processor— 1.4 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• RAM— 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

• Disk— 100 MB for installation, not including the disk space that is used by virtualized applications.

Remote Desktop Services client system requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for App-V 5.0 SP3 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) client installation.

Remote Desktop Services client hardware requirements

App-V adds no additional requirements beyond those of Windows Server.

• Processor—1.4 GHz or faster, 64-bit (x64) processor

• RAM—2 GB RAM (64-bit)

• Disk space—200 MB available hard disk space

Sequencer system requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for the App-V 5.0 SP3 Sequencer installation.

Sequencer hardware requirements

See the Windows or Windows Server documentation for the hardware requirements. App-V adds no additional hardware requirements.

Supported versions of System Center Configuration Manager

The App-V client supports the following versions of System Center Configuration Manager:

• Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

• System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

• System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1

For more information about how Configuration Manager integrates with App-V, see Planning for App-V Integration with Configuration Manager.

Related topics

Planning to Deploy App-V

App-V 5.0 SP3 Prerequisites