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OSD Explained
On TMurgent there is a description of the variuos entries of an OSD file.

Virtualization Comparison
Do you want some Feature F...ighting? Ruben Spruijt has compared SoftGrid, Citrix Streaming and Altiris SVS

Microsoft SoftGrid Blog
Infos coming from the Inner Circle that passed the outbound firewall. Here you can find some official statements about Microsoft SoftGrid as well as references to "enthusiastic" sites.
You might find some informations about SoftGrid 4.5 here as well

Applikationsvirtualisierung mit Microsoft SoftGrid 4 (Book, German)
When you start using SoftGrid and you like to spend your holidays learning German and reading books, this one is a good (and currently the only one) choice. It covers topics like Installation, Management, Sequencing and best Practises. (Well, I haven't red it, but I have seen it several times and it left a good impression)

SoftGrid Wiki
A Wiki base source for lots of information around SoftGrid including HowTo guides, Links. Quite new but worth watching

SoftGrid Item Naming
Confused what value the Sequencer is asking you for or what conventions an SFT file name should follow? This file shows you Best Practices for Naming things in Softgrid - and to identify, where they defined in the product

SoftGrid Troubleshooting QuickGuide
This guide should help you to avoid some of the most common reasons why SoftGrid Applications may fail. It starts with a description of the Application Launch Process to allow more detailed problem descriptions and focusing on the right points. It then lists some of the main effects when publishing applications - and some potential solutions

Talk

SoftGridGuru.com
SoftGridGuru is one of the most valuable forums related to Softgrid. It started about early 2003 and it seems that some of the subsribers really have insider informations. Registering there is recommended - at least to figure out which posts you haven't read yet ;-)

DSGUG (German)
German Deutsche SoftGrid User Group is online since mid 2006. (Putting the info about the book and this info together its easy to guess what language I speak)

Microsoft Technet SoftGrid TechCenter - Community
Discussion Forum about SoftGrid on MS' TechNet

Use

SoftGrid Software

Microsoft Connect
Register here to get access to Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Beta, SoftGrid's TechPreview 4.2 and other ressources

SoftGrid 4.1 SP1
Service Pack 1 for SoftGrid 4.1 provides for instance Windows Side-by-Side (SxS) support. In earlier SoftGrid versions, this SxS requiered some applications to have certain runtime elements locally installed on the client

SoftGrid 4.2
SoftGrid 4.2 is very similar to 4.1 SP1 and adds official Vista support to Windows Desktop Clients.

SoftGrid Packages

InstantApps.net
InstantApps contains a bunch of pre sequenced applications that can be deployed using SoftGrid almost instantly.
Before importing the packages into your SoftGrid deployment you should change the value for SOFTGRIDSERVER in each OSD according to your environment and you should place the files into the right subfolder below the Content folder

SoftGrid Tools

SFT Explorer
SFT Explorer allows you to open an SFT file and view its Virtual file System, Registry and Services. It also allows you to extract data.

PreLoad Script
Kalle Saunamaki also provides a script that can be used to fully load all applications into the client's cache file.

XSD Schema for OSD
Tim Mangan provides an XSD Schema for XML Editors to open OSD files. Funny to see old entries like "Age Group" or "Processor" that refer "back to the old days". Sad to see that some entries aren't used by default, like "Publisher" or "Contact" ...

MSI to SFT Migration Tool (Registration required)
Login Consultants developed a tools that, basically, "scripts" the Sequencer to perform an automated monitoring of an MSI install and to build an SoftGrid package. It is not a "conversion" like when you open an RichText Document and safe it in MS Word format but it is more like a Silent Sequencing.

SoftGrid Client ADM File (Registration required)
An ADM template that allows to use GPOs to configure SoftGrid Clients in larger organizations

OSD Editor (Registration required)
Bored of breaking OSD files by making syntax mistakes or saving them as UTF-8? LoginConsultant's OSD Editor might help you here

SoftGrid Checklist
This PDF collects the basic information that you need before or while you install SoftGrid components. It contains forms, so you can fill the PDF with your PDF viewer and then print the result (sorry, there seems to be no easy way to Fill & Save instead)