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Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Windows Server 2008 R2 available for...
Today, Microsoft has made the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 publicly available to all users of Windows Server 2008 R2. The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target has been available for production use as...
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FSCT test results detail the performance of Windows Server 2008 R2 File...
The File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) is a free download from Microsoft that helps you determine the capacity of a specific file server configuration (running Windows or any operating system that...
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Using 4k sector and advanced format drives in Windows. HotFix and support...
If you work with storage, you probably already heard about the “4K Sector Drives”, “Advanced Format Drives” and “512e drives”. These new “4K sector drives” abandon the traditional use of 512 bytes per...
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File Server Team sessions at TechEd 2011 this week
If you're attending TechEd 2011 this week, here are sessions from the File Server team: WSV313 - Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Application Storage, Diskless Boot, and More!Speaker(s): Jian...
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TechEd 2011 demo install step-by-step (Hyper-V, AD, DNS, iSCSI Target, File...
We have a new blog post out that explains the demo setup used in the TechEd 2011 presentation about Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation. In the post, you get step-by-step instructions on...
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Microsoft IT Uses File Classification Infrastructure to Help Secure...
I'd like to bring to your attention a recently published Technical Case Study from Microsoft IT that showcases how Microsoft IT is using FCI. Learn how Microsoft Information Technology (IT) used File...
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Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Now Available
Consistently identify, classify, and protect data across all file servers in your organization The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows...
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Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2-Now Available
Identify, classify, and protect data across targeted file servers in your organization The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce that the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server...
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New post on Windows Server “8” Beta Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012...
We have a new post that covers Windows Server "8" Beta and File Servers. It provides step-by-step instructions for deploying an evaluation version of SQL Server 2012 (just released last week) using a...
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New post on Windows Server Blog - Windows Server “8” – Taking Server...
Windows Server "8" Beta just became available and it includes a lot of new features in File and Storage Services. The Windows Server blog just released a post detailing a lot of the new File Server...
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Analyzing Storage Performance using the Windows Performance Analysis ToolKit...
Robert Smith (Platforms Field Engineer) has recently posted a new blog that cover one important area of Windows performance that few people understand well. In his blog post he talks about how to use...
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Configuring Primary Computers for Folder Redirection and Roaming Profiles in...
1 Introduction 1.1 Overview of Primary Computer feature In Windows Server “8” Beta, administrators can designate a set of computers, known as primary computers, for each domain user, which controls...
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Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server "8" Beta - Now Available (Beta)
The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server "8" Beta. This powerful toolkit will help you address compliance concerns with new features...
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File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 North America event in June, here are the scheduled sessions with speakers from the File Server team: Code Title Speaker(s) Day Time Track Level WSV328 The...
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SMB 3 Security Enhancements in Windows Server 2012
Everything here also applies to Windows 8. These features were first available in the Windows Server “8” Beta & Windows 8 Consumer Preview releases. See this document for protocol level details of...
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Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB 3.0 – Demo at Interop shows SMB Direct at...
The Interop conference is happening this week in Las Vegas (see http://www.interop.com/lasvegas) and Mellanox is showcasing their high-speed ConnectX-3 network adapters during the event. They are...
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Starting with Cluster-Aware Updating: Self-Updating
In previous releases of Windows, the server updating tools (e.g. WSUS) did not factor in the fact that a group of servers could be members of a highly-available cluster. As failover clusters are all...
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Introduction to Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2012
Hi, this is Scott Johnson and I’m a Program Manager on the Windows File Server team. I’ve been at Microsoft for 17 years and I’ve seen a lot of cool technology in that time. Inside Windows Server 2012...
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Introduction of iSCSI Target in Windows Server 2012
The iSCSI Target made its debut as a free download for Windows 2008 R2 in April 2011, since then, there were more than 60,000 downloads. That was the first step to make it available for everyone. Now...
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Dynamic Access Control intro on Windows Server blog
Hello all, we just published a new post for Dynamic Access Control on the Windows Server Blog: Introduction to Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control Here’s an excerpt: These focus areas were then...
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