http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/06/windows-server-2012-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-or-smb-3-0-you-are-using-on-your-file-server.aspx1. Introduction With the upcoming release of SMB 3.0 as part of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, I am frequently asked about how older versions of Windows will behave when connecting to or from these new versions. Upgrading to a new version ofen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/06/windows-server-2012-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-or-smb-3-0-you-are-using-on-your-file-server.aspx#3504474Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:05:54 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3504474Jose Barreto - MSFT<p>@Boian</p> <p>Get-SmbConnection is for the client side, listing all servers the client is accessing.</p> <p>You can use Get-SmbSession from the server, which lists who is connected.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3504474" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/06/windows-server-2012-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-or-smb-3-0-you-are-using-on-your-file-server.aspx#3504422Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:08:11 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3504422Boian Soloviov<p>Dear Jose,</p> <p>thank you for the hint. The problem was on the server side though: Get-SmbConnection is &quot;SMB-client-affiliated&quot;, that is I can check the different dialects from the client to diverse servers; but not from different clients to one server (from the server&#39;s perspective). This is actually sad, since a sysadmin is normally interested in the latter scenario.</p> <p>Please correct if I am wrong.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3504422" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/06/windows-server-2012-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-or-smb-3-0-you-are-using-on-your-file-server.aspx#3503799Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:43:51 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3503799Jose Barreto - MSFT<p>@Boian</p> <p>SMB will quickly tear down the connection if not in use. To keep the session in use, you could run an application that keeps an open file on the share or you can you map a drive to the share (using the New-SmbMapping cmdlet or the old NET.EXE tool) to create a stable connection.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3503799" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/06/windows-server-2012-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-or-smb-3-0-you-are-using-on-your-file-server.aspx#3503677Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:00:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3503677Boian Soloviov<p>Strangely enough even within the 10 seconds when I run Get-SmbConnection there is no output. Any known reason?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3503677" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/06/windows-server-2012-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-or-smb-3-0-you-are-using-on-your-file-server.aspx#3502700Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:35:52 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3502700David De Vos<p>Awesome blog posts on SMB 3.0 !!! &nbsp; Keep it up !!!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3502700" width="1" height="1">