First of all let’s start with what is NIC teaming?
NIC teaming means grouping several physical NICs into a single logical NIC. NIC teaming enhances fault tolerance by increasing availability of a server’s network connection. Multiple network paths let you balance network traffic for better performance.
You can read more about NIC Teaming here on Hp site in detail
Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V or with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
Similar link from Dell http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/9195p/en/Intel_nic_teaming_10.pdf
These links are just for your reference so that you can understand what is NIC teaming is all about.
The next question is when we use NIC teaming does Microsoft Support NIC Teaming? The answer short answer is No, we don’t and here is the reason or rather long answer…
Since Network Adapter Teaming is only provided by Hardware Vendors, Microsoft does not provide any support for this technology thru Microsoft Product Support Services. As a result, Microsoft may ask that you temporarily disable or remove Network Adapter Teaming software when troubleshooting issues where the teaming software is suspect.
If the problem is resolved by the removal of Network Adapter Teaming software, then further assistance must be obtained thru the Hardware Vendor.
To read more visit this support article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968703
Also, take a look at this support article titled Network adapter teaming and server clustering
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My brother was using a Windows 7 machine and all of a sudden while he was sending an email, Windows 7 got hibernated. When he told me something like this happened, I just told him that every time the battery goes low you should be getting an low battery indicator or some balloon pop up in system tray.
I told him to check Power Management settings to see if there is any missing setting about battery, and realized that the low battery indicator was OFF and that’s the reason there was no notification & laptop switched to Hibernate mode without any prompt.
This is the place where you can get it up…Apparently the setting below was OFF.
Here are the steps to follow to turn it ON…
Please follow these steps to change your power settings.
1. Open Power Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Power Options.
2. On the Select a power plan page, click Change plan settings under the selected plan.
3. On the Change settings for the plan page, click Change advanced power settings.
4. On the Advanced settings tab, expand Battery, expand Low battery notification, click On battery, click the arrow, and then click On.
5. Click OK, and then click Save changes.
Courtesy: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprohardware/thread/3c349942-0bdc-4760-a3de-4602977f0dfd/
HAPPY POWER SAVING !!!
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If you are using Windows Phone 7 then probably you are aware about NoDo update, which is well known for Copy/Paste Functionality. This is now available through Phone Update using Zune.
OS version: 7.0.7390.0*
Copy & paste. You asked for it—now it's here. Just tap a word and drag the arrows to copy and paste it on your phone. You can copy text from emails, text messages, web pages, and Office Mobile documents, and paste it anywhere you can type. To learn more, see Copy & paste.
Faster apps and games. Nobody likes to wait. That's why we've whittled down the time it takes for apps and games to start up and resume. It's all part of our focus on getting you to the things you love, easier and faster.
Better Marketplace search. We've streamlined Marketplace search to make it easier to find specific apps, games, or music. Press the Search button in the Apps or Games section of Marketplace and you'll see only apps or games in the results. Press Search in the Music section of Marketplace to search just the music catalog.
Other Marketplace improvements. We've improved the stability of Marketplace while you download apps. We've also improved the experience of downloading apps larger than 20 megabytes, upgrading from trial apps to paid apps, sharing links to apps via email, sorting Xbox LIVE games by release date, and creating an Xbox LIVE account from within the Games Hub.
Wi-Fi improvements. We now display your phone's Media Access Control (MAC) address in Settings. (You might need this info if you try to connect to a Wi-Fi network that uses MAC address filtering. To learn more, see Connect to a Wi-Fi network.) We've also removed the limit on the number of Wi-Fi profiles that you can store and reduced the time it takes to start your phone if you've stored lots of Wi-Fi profiles.
Outlook improvements. We've improved the experience of viewing iPhone photo attachments you receive from a non-Exchange-based email account (such as a Google Mail, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail account), using the Global Address List (GAL) when connecting to Exchange Server 2003 using Exchange ActiveSync, and working with email display names that contain brackets (for example, "David Alexander [Contoso]").
Facebook integration. We've improved the experience of syncing Facebook accounts.
Camera improvements. We've improved the stability of switching between camera and video modes.
Audio improvements. We've improved the experience of using a Bluetooth headset to make calls when you're playing music or videos.
Other performance improvements. This month's update also includes software from several phone manufacturers that improves the performance of specific models. Naturally, if you don't have one of the affected models, we won't install this portion of the update on your phone.
*New phones with OS version 7.0.7389.0 include all of the features and improvements that are included in OS version 7.0.7390.0.
For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/basics/update-history.aspx
And to find when the update is available in your country/region visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/features/update-schedule-world.aspx
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Yes, this is absolutely right. Microsoft just made available Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for download publicly & it is completely supported in production environment. Read more before you deploy this in your production environment…
The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 provides storage (disks) over a TCP/IP network. It turns a computer running Windows Server into a storage device which provides shared block storage. You can use Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 to perform a variety of storage-related tasks, including the following:
You can read more about Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 over http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg232597(WS.10).aspx
For more information & FAQ about this post, please visit the Jose Barreto's Blog who is a member of the File Server team at Microsoft Corporation.