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DFS Referrals and IPv6: Outta site!
Hi, David Everett here again to discuss an issue where DFS clients connect to out-of-site targets when the IPv6 protocol has been partially disabled using an incorrect method. The customer deployed a DFS link replicated by DFSR. An in-site DFS namespace Read More...
O’DFS Shares! Where Art Thou? – Part 3/3
Hello, this is Sabin and Shravan from the Microsoft Directory Services Support team. We are back to cover the third and final part of this series to troubleshoot slowness/delay experienced by clients in accessing a DFS Namespace. As a recap, in Part 1 Read More...
O’DFS Shares! Where Art Thou? – Part 2/3
Hello, this is Sabin and Shravan from the Microsoft Directory Services Support team once again. We will continue our discussion regarding slowness/delay experienced by clients in accessing a DFS Namespace. In Part 1 of this blog, we reviewed the referral Read More...
O’DFS Shares! Where Art Thou? – Part 1/3
Hello, this is Sabin and Shravan from the Microsoft Directory Services Support team. We are here today to discuss one of the common customer issues where they are seeing a delay in accessing a DFS Namespace. Some of these issues may manifest as affecting Read More...
DFS Namespace performance Improvements in Windows Server 2008 and R2
The DFSN team has posted new scalability and performance information on their component at their official team blog. It's definitely worth a read if you are thinking about moving on from Windows Server 2003: Windows Server DFS-Namespaces Performance and Read More...
Designing DFSN Namespaces (by the guy that owns them)
Our DFS PM pal Jose Barreto has a new article out that you will should find interesting. We really don't provide a lot of guidance on TechNet about designing DFS namespaces, so Jose goes into it in great detail: Three ways to design your DFS Namespaces Read More...
Ghosts in the DFS Management Machine
Ned here again. Today’s post is a quick technique I use to show how to slap the DFS Management snap-in around when it acts foolishly. Hopefully you find it helpful someday. Here’s the situation There are multiple administrators at your company managing Read More...
The Case of the Random DFS Access Denial
Hi, this is Bobby from the Microsoft Directory Services support team. Today we are going to discuss some confusing behavior that I’ve observed regarding inconsistent DFS access. While the root of this is issue is easy to remediate, it can be difficult Read More...
The Missing Links
Ned here again. Despite the title, today’s post is not about Australopithecus. I recently spent a few days in Redmond teaching part of the Microsoft Certified Master course. During the class… eh wait… You’ve never heard of MCM? You should definitely check Read More...
DFSDIAG in a nutshell
Our developer team colleagues at the File Cabinet have posted an interesting article on the DFSDIAG tool. Introduced with Windows Server 2008, this utility is excellent for testing, documenting, and troubleshooting your DFS Namespaces environment. Make Read More...
Migrating your DFS Namespaces in three (sorta) easy steps
Hi, Dave here. Today, I will cover the process by which domain DFS namespaces can be migrated from one domain to another, important considerations both during and after the migration, and some helpful tips along the way. My post assumes that you have Read More...
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