A new user attribute for Work Folders server Url
OverviewTo continue the blog post series on Work Folders, I’d like to talk about how to manage a new attribute storing the Sync Server Url as part of the user object in Active Directory Domain Services...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 – Resolving Port Conflict with IIS Websites and Work...
Hi All, my name is Bill and I work in the Windows Server - File Services group. One of my main responsibilities is to enhance the Server Manager user interface. We have just delivered Work Folders as...
View ArticleMonitoring Windows Server 2012 R2 Work Folders Deployments.
OverviewWork Folders is a new functionality introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2. It enables Information workers to sync their work files between their devices. This functionality is powered by the...
View ArticlePerformance Considerations for Work Folders Deployments
Hi all,Here is another great Work Folders blog post that shares information about work folders performance in large scale deployments. The content below was compiled and written by Sundar Srinivasan...
View ArticleWork Folders on Clusters
In the previous blog post, I provided a step by step guide to setup Work Folders in a lab environment using the Preview release of Windows Server 2012 R2. With the GA release, Work Folders leverages...
View ArticleUsing DFS Replication Clone Feature to prepare 100TB of data in 3 days (A...
I’m Tsan Zheng, a Senior Test Lead on the DFS team. If you’ve used DFSR (DFS Replication), you’re probably aware that the largest amount of data that we had tested replication with until recently was...
View ArticleSMI-S Requirements are live on MSDN
Whew! It took a while but the SMI-S Requirements for Windows Server 2012 and SC VMM are live on MSDN. Just click here. These will carry forward to the next releases.
View ArticleIntroducing Work Folders on Windows Server 2012 R2
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Windows Server...
View ArticleWork Folders Test Lab Deployment
Hi, everyone. I’m Jane Yan, a PM on the Work Folders team. I presented a session on Work Folders with Adam Skewgar, and demoed how it works both on the client and server (A Deep Dive into the New...
View ArticleStorage and File Services Powershell Cmdlets Quick Reference Card For Windows...
Hi, my name is Roiy Zysman and I’m a senior Program Manager in the Hybrid Storage Services team.Last year, with the introduction of Windows Server 2012, we published a File and Storage Services...
View ArticleExtending Data Deduplication to new workloads in Windows Server 2012 R2
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Data...
View ArticleDeploying Data Deduplication for VDI storage in Windows Server 2012 R2
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Data...
View ArticleWhat’s new for SMI-S in Windows Server 2012 R2
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers storage...
View ArticleDFS Replication in Windows Server 2012 R2: Revenge of the Sync
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers DFSR and how it...
View ArticleiSCSI Target Server in Windows Server 2012 R2
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers iSCSI Target...
View ArticleWork Folders Certificate Management
In the last blog post, I’ve provided the step by step guide to deploy Work Folders in a test lab environment, where the client is using unsecure connections to the server, which means the server...
View ArticleDFS Replication in Windows Server 2012 R2: If You Only Knew the Power of the...
Hi folks, Ned here again. By now, you know that DFS Replication has some major new features in Windows Server 2012 R2. Today we dig into the most comprehensive new feature, DFSR Windows PowerShell.Yes,...
View ArticleDFS Replication Initial Sync in Windows Server 2012 R2: Attack of the Clones
Hi folks, Ned here again. By now, you know that DFS Replication has some major new features in Windows Server 2012 R2. Today I talk about one of the most radical: DFSR database cloning. Prepare for a...
View ArticleDFS Replication in Windows Server 2012 R2: Restoring Conflicted, Deleted and...
Hi folks, Ned here again. Today I talk about a new feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 DFSR, restoring preserved files. DFSR has had conflict, deletion, and preexisting file handling since its release,...
View ArticleGoing to TechEd Australia?
If so, I’ll see you there for my two sessions. DFSR has been hitting the gymSMB 3 is the answerThere are still a few days left to register if you live upside down. Based on the available evidence, all...
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