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• File Server performance improvements with the SMB2 protocol in Windows Server 2008

  SMB (Server Message Block) is the main protocol used in Windows for file sharing and it has been significantly improved from Windows Server 2003/Windows XP to Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista. During my TechEd 2008 ITForum presentation on “Windows Server... Posted Nov 05 2008, 05:17 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008

• Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1 available as a free download

  Microsoft just announced the release of Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1, which will help you migrate file shares from computers running Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Server 2008 to computers running... Posted Oct 30 2008, 02:52 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, Windows Storage Server

• Requirements for production deployment of Exchange Server 2007 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

  A new article has been posted on TechNet covering “Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments”. This article, posted this week, marks the first time that I have seen details on the requirements... Posted Aug 20 2008, 08:54 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Looking for a poor mans Windows Server 2008 backup

  I am considering moving to Windows Server 2008 as my full time production environment.  One of the hurdles to doing this has been lifted.  I am referring to the fact that up until recently, Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition didn’t run... Posted Aug 04 2008, 01:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Storage, Imaging, Windows Server 2008

• My Favorite Windows Vista Runtime Improvements (RTI)

  There’s an acronym from the past for you.  Run Time Improvements (RTI).  I am always looking for ways to squeeze another speed improvement out of Windows Vista .  In fact, a few weeks ago I made some changes to my Dell Latitude D820 and... Posted Jul 29 2008, 09:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Active Directory, Search, Windows Vista, Group Policy, Storage, Management, Virtualization, Laptop Stuff, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services – Recording

  For those who missed Drew McDaniel’s Live webcast “Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services”, you now can now view the recording: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032381104&role=attend&pw=3B160CB1 Enjoy... Posted Jul 25 2008, 04:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, DFS Replication, DFS Namespaces, Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS), Windows Server 2008, Storage Management, File Services

• Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with File Server Storage

  Overview In a previous blog post, I described 5 different ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Those options included: Parent-based Failover Clustering with two physical servers, Child-based Failover Clustering... Posted Jul 16 2008, 11:21 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Clustering, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• IT Manager Webcast: Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Level 300)

  IT Manager Webcast: Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Level 300) Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time The Windows Server 2008 operating system contains many changes to core file services components that dramatically increase availability... Posted Jul 15 2008, 10:51 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, DFS Replication, DFS Namespaces, Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS), Windows Server 2008, Storage Management, File Services

• Pure Microsoft

  I’ve been listening to our customers a lot lately.  I get a lot of good feedback here, but it’s no substitute for the direct frank conversations we’ve had at the live events, launch events and conferences like MMS or TechEd. One of the complaints... Posted Jul 07 2008, 02:57 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Active Directory, Hardware, Windows Vista, Exchange Server, TechNet, Group Policy, Storage, Networking, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, IIS7, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Using Constrained Delegation to remotely manage a server running Hyper-V that uses CIFS/SMB file shares

  As explained in my previous blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/06/24/storing-windows-server-2008-hyper-v-files-on-an-cifs-smb-file-share.aspx , you can store your Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files in a CIFS/SMB file share. This... Posted Jun 28 2008, 12:27 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Storing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files on an CIFS/SMB file share

  Overview I previously covered the storage options for Hyper-V and described the many choices between directly attached or SAN storage, fibre channel or iSCSI, passthrough or VHD, Virtual SCSI or Virtual IDE, etc. If you missed that one, check it out at... Posted Jun 24 2008, 11:41 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Upcoming Level 300 Webcast)

  Heads up for an upcoming webcast on the new file service features in Windows Server 2008 by Drew McDaniel, a Senior Program Manager with the Microsoft Storage Solutions Division (SSD). Here's a short description: "The Windows Server 2008 operating... Posted Jun 23 2008, 11:37 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008

• Storage Solutions team at TechED IT Pro 2008

  Storage team is bringing 8 sessions and 2 Hands-on Lab to Microsoft TechED IT Pro 2008! Karandeep Anand, Jason Buffington, Ram Kailasanathan, Drew McDaniel and Edwin Yuen will be hosting the sessions from the Storage side. Clustering and High availability... Posted Jun 05 2008, 02:51 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, Storage, Virtualization, Backup, Windows Server 2008, Failover Clustering, Server clusters, Data Protection Manager (DPM), File Systems

• The Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guide list is getting big

  Every time I go back and review the list of step-by-step guides for Windows Server 2008 I am surprised to see it get bigger and bigger.  This evening is no exception.  Get any of the following guides @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details... Posted Jun 01 2008, 06:49 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Group Policy, Storage, Networking, Windows Group Policy, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, Windows Media Services, IIS7, Windows Server 2008

• Installing the VSS Hardware Provider for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target on Windows Server 2008

  Overview In this article, we’ll describe the process to install the VSS Hardware Provider (and, incidentally, the VDS Hardware Provider) for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, which is part of Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). This... Posted May 29 2008, 05:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, iSCSI, VSS

• Server 2008 Drives and GUIDs

  One of the questions I've been asked a few times is what happens if I want to have lots of disk-volumes on my server - for example I want 50 VMs each with their own volume - I'm going to run out of drive letters. For some time we have been able... Posted May 28 2008, 09:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Server, Storage, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Disk

• Installing the VDS Hardware Provider for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target on Windows Server 2008

  Overview In this article, we’ll describe the process to install the VDS Hardware Provider (and the VSS Hardware Provider) for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, which is part of Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). This package, referred... Posted May 21 2008, 04:06 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, iSCSI, VDS

• The Basics of Windows Server 2008 Storage Explorer

  1 – What is Storage Explorer Storage Explorer is a new tool in Windows Server 2008 to help you understand how your server SAN storage is configured. It provides information about the storage fabrics (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) and also about the configuration... Posted May 08 2008, 10:40 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, iSCSI

• 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008

  We're a little less than halfway through the series we started on Windows Server 2008.  So far, nine of the 24 parts are available for on demand viewing.  Here are the links to the on demand parts that are available, and the sign up links for... Posted Apr 05 2008, 01:18 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Active Directory, Group Policy, Storage, Networking, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• Server Unleashed

  Share this post: Read More... Posted Feb 29 2008, 12:44 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Active Directory, Windows Server, Group Policy, Storage, Networking, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, Windows Media Services, IIS7, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• A new storage blog ... THE Storage Blog at Microsoft

  Hi folks, Sorry to have been unplugged - but my posts will restart this week. In the meantime, check out the new " Storage Blog at Microsoft " - where some of our storage-saavy exec's, as well as other storage experts will weigh in. The blog kicked off... Posted Feb 19 2008, 10:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, SSD

• Self-healing NTFS in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

  I ask this question to a customer who ask me about how Windows Server 2008 can help them achieve higher availability for their data. Have you ever had some weird disk or system behavior on your system volume, discovered or believed it was disk corruption... Posted Feb 13 2008, 05:24 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, NTFS, high availability, Fix, File, Chkdsk

• Storage options for Windows Server 2008's Hyper-V

  Windows Server 2008’s Hyper-V has been in public beta for a while now and lots of people have been experimenting with it. One aspect that I am focusing on is storage for those virtualized environments and more specifically the options related to SAN storage... Posted Feb 06 2008, 01:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Got RC1 ???

  The RC1 wave has begun.  First up at bat is Windows Server 2008.  If you've been following my screencasts or other blog posts on the subject, you know it's going to be a strong server product. But what about the desktop products?  Well... Posted Dec 06 2007, 02:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Active Directory, Search, Windows Vista, Group Policy, Storage, Networking, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008

• Gestion automatisée des quotas disque en mode ligne de commande

  Windows Server 2008 reprend l'ensemble des évolutions apportées par Windows Server 2003 R2 dans le domaine de la gestion du stockage. Parmi celles-ci ce trouve la possibilité de gérer des quotas de manière beaucoup plus souple: au niveau répertoire et... Posted Nov 23 2007, 06:08 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows Server 2008