Have you ever run into a problem where you are attempting to troubleshoot a network connectivity issue or configuring network settings on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Core machine? While working on an issue, I found myself asking the question, “How do I manage...

The Cable Guy has published a new article this week – check out more about it via the link below to the Windows Server Information Experience Networking team blog: DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP), The Cable Guy article for June 2010...

I had a call regarding Windows Server 2008 R2 Core (with the Hyper-V role installed) over the weekend. While working on that call I found myself asking some questions: “How do I change different network settings on a Core machine?” “How do I delete existing...

We have a couple of new networking-related Knowledge Base articles to share this week: 979230 TCP connections fail intermittently when both endpoints are on the same computer in Windows Server 2003 SP2 978309 IPv6 transition technologies, such as ISATAP...

I have a number of new networking-related KB articles for Windows to share this week: 974103 You cannot access the shared files or folders that are hosted on a Windows Server 2008-based or Vista-based computer if the path contains a junction point 980864...

We have two new networking-related Knowledge Base articles to let you know about this week: 981370 The DNS Server service on an RODC does not respond to DNS queries for several minutes if the link to some RWDCs breaks in Windows Server 2008 981190 The...

If you’re curious about what is going on with new or updated TechNet content, make sure to check out the WSiX Network Connection . This blog is maintained by the talented team of writers that work on Windows Server Networking documentation. They have...

After a couple weeks with no new networking-related Knowledge Base articles, the floodgates have opened once again! On a related note, I am considering reducing the frequency of this post to twice monthly to avoid creating blog posts to let you know we...

Unfortunately, we have no new networking-related KB articles to report this week. - Mike Platts

No April Fools here! We have one new KB article to report this week: 981478 Error message when you try to install or start the Network Policy Server role service in Windows Server 2008 R2: "Error 0x80004005 Unspecified error" - Mike Platts

Unfortunately, we have no new KB articles to report this time around. Check back again next week! - Mike Platts

Hello, I am Robert Paige from the Windows Server Partner Ecosystem Team. In December, I posted an article on the Windows Server Division WebLog about networking issues that can result from running versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to version...

We have a pair of new networking-related Knowledge Base articles to share this week: 977694 Stop error message when you access shared files in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista: 0x00000044 or 0x000000CC 980295 Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2...

Here are the latest networking-related Knowledge Base articles for the week of February 28 through March 6: 980027 A Windows Server 2008 domain controller cannot allocate new ports when Server for NIS is running 978856 Error message when you try to start...

Here are the most recently published networking-related Knowledge Base articles for the week of February 21 through February 27: 979272 FIX: Communication over an IPsec connection is broken unexpectedly when a client reconnects to the IPsec server within...

It seems to be feast or famine lately with regard to new Knowledge Base articles to report. We have nothing new this week, but check back again next week! - Mike Platts

  Are you using DirectAccess or planning a deployment soon? Reduce your support costs and significantly improve your mobile users’ connectivity experience with the newly released Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA). DCA informs mobile...

There have been a few instances where our customers have asked us how to query the IP route table via SNMP from a remote Windows machine. The following article explains you how to query the list of routes from a remote Windows machine using SNMP and compares...

Hello All! It’s Brett Crane from the Networking teams here at Microsoft. I want to take just a moment to talk about Remote Desktop Gateway (previously called Terminal Services Gateway prior to the release of 2008 R2) and utilization of the “ Log on to...

We have had a couple of lean weeks recently with very few new KB articles to report, but that is certainly not the case this time around! Here are the latest networking-related KB articles: 979554 The creator of an SNMP trap notification cannot be identified...

When you configure NLB in unicast mode on virtual machines (guest machines) running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, you may not be able to ping the virtual IP address or the dedicated IP address of the virtual machines. With this problem, if you take...

As was the case two weeks back, we have no new KB articles to report. Keep an eye out next week for another update! - Mike Platts

After a week with nothing to report, we finally have a few new networking-related KB articles this time around: 978943 Windows Server 2008 R2-based NLB nodes remain in a converging state indefinitely 979602 Error message when you try to connect to a printer...

We have heard from a few customers about an issue with configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB) on Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines. This problem may occur with a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine (guest) on Hyper-V or VMware. When you configure...

This week, we have no new KB articles to report. Check back again next week for any new content! - Mike Platts