The Migrate Server Roles to Windows Server 2008 R2 is a TechNet page with links to guides that describe how to migrate Windows roles and features. Check out the following guides for networking roles and features: · Active Directory Domain Services...

Hey everybody, just wanted to let you know that the BranchCache Design Guide is now live at the Microsoft Download Center in Word format at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179058 . The guide helps you choose whether to deploy BranchCache in distributed...

The new “ Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 DirectAccess IT Infrastructure Compatibility ” white paper, written by my colleagues William Dixon of V6 Security Inc. and Yurie Rich of Native6 Inc., describes the compatibility of DirectAccess with existing...

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway is now publically available. This IPD guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are key to a successful implementation of Forefront...

The IPsec articles Introduction to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and Step-by-Step Guide: Deploying Windows Firewall and IPsec Policies were updated for corrections and to more accurately reflect changes made to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008...

The Cable Guy article in the January 2010 issue of TechNet Magazine online, titled “ End-to-End WAN Optimization with BranchCache ,” is now available. The latest versions of Windows use BranchCache to reduce utilization of wide area network links. This...

In this blog post , I described how you can provide us with ratings and comments for our topics on TechNet and MSDN through the Click to Rate and Give Feedback facility. In December 2009, the following Windows networking topics have been updated based...

The new Step By Step Guide: Troubleshoot DirectAccess in a Test Lab leverages the DirectAccess test lab configuration described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab and teaches you how to troubleshoot Windows Server 2008 R2...

My colleagues on the UAG writing team, including prolific author and industry expert Thomas Shinder, have been busy. If you are looking at DirectAccess, you should also look at what Forefront UAG brings to the overall enterprise DirectAccess solution...

When responding to Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) identity requests, some EAP methods automatically provide identity privacy by sending an obfuscated identity string that is different from the actual user account identity. Protected EAP ...

If you’re running the Routing and Remote Access service (RRAS) on Windows Server 2003, you’re likely considering upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2 because of some of the great new features like VPN Reconnect, which allows a VPN connection to tolerate...

The DirectAccess portal for Windows Server 2008 R2 at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/directaccess.aspx has been revised and expanded to look like the Network Access Protection (NAP) portal . You can also access this portal from http...

At the Puget Sound Society for Technical Communication (STC) Competition Showcase held Tuesday, January 19, 2010, the following was awarded for Windows Server networking IT pro documentation: · Excellence award for the Windows Firewall with Advanced...

I recently recorded the following videos to introduce you to the DirectAccess test lab documents: · Overview of the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab document The document is here . · Overview of the Step By Step Guide...

The Windows 2008 R2 Direct Access Server Management Pack for SC Operations Manager 2007 SP1 is now available, thanks to our very own Corey Plett . Way to go, Corey! Enjoy (in moderation)! Joe Davies Principal Technical Writer The Windows Server...

In this blog post , I described how you can provide us with ratings and comments for our topics on TechNet and MSDN through the Click to Rate and Give Feedback facility. In January 2010, the following Windows networking topics have been updated based...

You may not think DHCP is that exciting, as networking technologies go. It doesn’t have that “new car smell” of DirectAccess or BranchCache . It doesn’t connect the world like TCP/IP. It just hangs out on your network—like an old friend—ready to give...

The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Design and Deployment Guide has been updated to include information for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This guide is an excellent way to learn how to design and deploy Windows Firewall and IPsec on...

The Cable Guy article in the February 2010 issue of TechNet Magazine online, titled “ The Name Resolution Policy Table ,” is now available. The latest versions of Windows use the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) to specify special handling of DNS queries...

You may want to consider modifying the JET database page cache size of your Windows Server 2008 R2 based DHCP server to take advantage of these possible benefits: · Increasing the cache size improves active queue length, ACK/sec, and disk reads per...

The 2010 MVP Global Summit the week of Feb 16-19 provides an opportunity for Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) to meet with their counterparts in Microsoft product teams. This year, I will be presenting a DirectAccess breakout session and...

The Solution Accelerators Team has just released the Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA) , a solution accelerator that helps streamline end-user support for DirectAccess. The DCA installs on DirectAccess clients and adds an icon to...

The Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 is now available, which includes monitoring of Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) DirectAccess and its components and measuring user activity...

The 2010 MVP Global Summit ended last Friday on a beautiful spring day here in the Seattle area. It was great to meet some new MVPs such as Mark Minasi , a prolific IT pro writer, and see some familiar faces, such as Ed Horley and Jennelle Crothers ....

The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Troubleshooting Guide: Diagnostics and Tools has been updated to include information about Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. This guide describes how Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and Internet...