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All The Windows Server 2016 sessions at Ignite
Hi folks, Ned here again. If you were smart/cool/lucky enough to land some Microsoft Ignite tickets for next week, here’s the nicely organized list of all the Windows Server 2016 sessions....
View ArticleWork Folders does not work on iOS 10 when using Digest authentication
Hi all, I’m Jeff Patterson, Program Manager for Work Folders. I wanted to let you know that Digest authentication does not work on iOS 10. Please review the issue details below if you’re currently...
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Squeezing hyper-convergence into the overhead bin, for barely $1,000/server:...
This tiny two-server cluster packs powerful compute and spacious storage into one cubic foot. The Challenge In the Windows Server team, we tend to focus on going big. Our enterprise customers and...
View ArticleTLS for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management (SMI-S) and System Center...
In a previous blog post, I discussed setting up the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service (referred to below as Storage Service) on Windows Server 2012 R2. For Windows Server 2016 and...
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Storage Spaces Direct with Persistent Memory
Howdy, Claus here again, this time with Dan Lovinger. At our recent Ignite conference we had some very exciting results and experiences to share around Storage Spaces Direct and Windows Server 2016....
View ArticleSurvey: Internet-connected servers
Hi folks, Ned here again with another quickie engineering survey. As always, it’s anonymous, requires no registration, and should take no more than 30 seconds. We’d like to learn about your server...
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Work Folders for Android can now upload files!
Hi all, I’m Jeff Patterson, Program Manager for Work Folders. We’re excited to announce that we’ve released an updated version of Work Folders for Android to the Google Play Store which enables users...
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Don’t do it: consumer-grade solid-state drives (SSD) in Storage Spaces Direct
// This post was written by Dan Lovinger, Principal Software Engineer. Howdy, In the weeks since the release of Windows Server 2016, the amount of interest we’ve seen in Storage Spaces Direct has been...
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Deep Dive: The Storage Pool in Storage Spaces Direct
Hi! I’m Cosmos. Follow me on Twitter @cosmosdarwin. Review The storage pool is the collection of physical drives which form the basis of your software-defined storage. Those familiar with Storage...
View ArticleCluster size recommendations for ReFS and NTFS
Microsoft’s file systems organize storage devices based on cluster size. Also known as the allocation unit size, cluster size represents the smallest amount of disk space that can be used to hold a...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Data Deduplication users: please install KB3216755!
Hi folks! Based on several customer bug reports, we have issued a critical fix for Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2016 in the most recent Windows update package, KB3216755. This patch fixes an...
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Work Folders for iOS can now upload files!
Work Folders for iOS can now upload files! We are happy to announce, that we’ve just released an update to the Work Folders app on iOS that now allows anyone to upload pictures and documents from other...
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Storage Spaces Direct throughput with iWARP
Hello, Claus here again. It has been a while since I last posted here and a few things have changed since last time. Windows Server has been moved into the Windows and Devices Group, we have moved to a...
View ArticleSurvey: File Server Sizing
Hi folks, To prioritize and plan for investments in vNext experiences for Windows Server, we could use input from you! We would like to understand more about how you are utilizing Windows File Server,...
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Storage Spaces Direct with Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X
Hello, Claus here again. Today Intel is announcing the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X device family, and of course Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct will support this device. The P4800X device...
View ArticleTo RDMA, or not to RDMA – that is the question
Hello, Claus here again. By now, you have probably seen some of my blogs and demos on Storage Spaces Direct performance. One of Storage Spaces Direct’s advantages is RDMA networking support that lowers...
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Enable remote access to Work Folders using Azure Active Directory Application...
We’re excited to announce Work Folders now supports using Azure Active Directory Application Proxy to enable remote users to securely access their files on the Work Folders server. Work Folders...
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Work Folders updates for Windows 10 version 1703, Android and iOS
We’re excited to announce several improvements to the Work Folders clients for Windows 10 version 1703, Android and iOS: Remote users can securely access their files on the Work Folders server using...
View ArticleSMB1 Product Clearinghouse
Hi folks, Ned here again. This blog post contains all products requiring SMB1, where the vendor explicitly states this in their own documentation or communications. This list is not complete and you...
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Storage Spaces Direct on Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Hello, Claus here again. As you have probably noticed by now, we have a great ongoing collaboration with Intel. In this blog post we are going to look at Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct on...
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