UE-V will be available through Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) when that is ready.

Another component of MDOP called App-V has been upgraded to Version 5.0, adding the ability to make better use of disk space in virtual environments.

App-V is Microsoft’s virtualization and streaming platform that deploys apps from a virtual application server.  The application can be streamed to the client or it can be stored locally from the server. Remote machines run an App-V client which creates a sandbox so any locally stored applications don’t make changes to the registry or file system.

New with Version 5.0 is the ability to stream applications and block storing them locally to fit better into virtual desktop deployments. With VDI there is no locally stored application, which reduces disk requirements for VDI, Microsoft says.

The new version adds a Web-based management interface so administrators can service applications without management software installed on their machines.