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First published on TECHNET on Sep 22, 2015
Are you currently using a file replication service (DFS-R or anything else) to keep files in sync across multiple locations? We’re exploring options to bring you a solution that radically … Continue reading Tell us about your file replication services needs
First published on TECHNET on Sep 17, 2015
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If you are not familiar with or not currently using Folder Redirection, you can simply ignore this blog post. It’s not my intention to evangelize Folder Redirection … Continue reading Redirecting Windows Special Folders to Work Folders
First published on TECHNET on Sep 09, 2015
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here again. Do you want your server OS deployment and servicing to move faster? We’re a team of Microsoft engineers who want your experiences and ideas around … Continue reading Tell us how to improve the servicing and deployment of Windows Server
First published on TECHNET on Nov 26, 2012
In this post, we will discuss the instrumentation available in Server for NFS in Windows Server 2012 and how it can be used to detect and diagnose any deployment and operational issues.
… Continue reading Server for NFS Diagnostics
First published on TECHNET on Jul 05, 2012
In my last blog, I discussed the industry standard Storage Management Initiative (SMI-S) in general terms. Microsoft started supporting SMI-S for storage provisioning in System Ce… Continue reading Getting started with SMI-S on Windows Server 2012
First published on TECHNET on Aug 22, 2009
The DFS-N test team has completed some extensive Performance and Scalability testing and we wanted to share some of the results.
To start, here is a comparison of the performan… Continue reading Windows Server DFS-Namespaces Performance and Scalability
First published on TECHNET on Jun 10, 2009
In a previous article, we looked at LUN Resync a new fast recovery scenario in Windows Server 2008 R2. Himanshu from the VSS team has posted a few sample scripts to demostrate the sce… Continue reading Diskshadow scripts for LUN Resync
First published on TECHNET on Jan 02, 2008
The DFS Replication (DFSR) service stores files that encountered replication conflicts and pre-existing files that were removed during initial synchronization in the ‘ConflictAndDele… Continue reading A script to restore data from the DFSR ConflictAndDeleted or Preexisting folders for disaster recovery purposes