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After requests to release a version of File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) compatible with Windows Server 2008, the Storage Solutions Division at Microsoft brings you FSMT 1.1 Beta! Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit v 1.1 adds the possibility to
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Some customers pointed out what they believe to be a bug in Robocopy. The situation is: suppose that you copy your files using Robocopy in Windows Server 2003 or XP. Then, file or folder permissions (ACLs) are changed wither on source or destination.
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For those who missed Drew McDaniel’s Live webcast “Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services”, you now can now view the recording: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032381104&role=attend&pw=3B160CB1 Enjoy!
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IT Manager Webcast: Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Level 300) Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time The Windows Server 2008 operating system contains many changes to core file services components that dramatically increase availability,
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Dilip Naik , File Systems and Storage MVP, just released 3 new white papers: Best Practices To Avoid Fragmentation While Writing To A File NTFS and Thin Provisioning HyperV Storage Deep Dive enjoy the reading, -- Malu Menezes
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The Windows Storage Server team would like to interview customers who are using storage appliances running any version of Windows Storage Server. We’d like to know more about • your environment, • day-to-day management tasks, • the types of file services
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I just posted a new article describing the process to install the VSS Hardware Provider (and, incidentally, the VDS Hardware Provider) for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, which is part of Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). Check
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The Windows Storage Server team just launched their new team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/storageserver/ Check it often for “from the source” information on Windows Storage Server (WSS) and Windows Unified Storage Server (WUDSS). Also, if you’d like
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Storage team is bringing 8 sessions and 2 Hands-on Lab to Microsoft TechED IT Pro 2008! Karandeep Anand, Jason Buffington, Ram Kailasanathan, Drew McDaniel and Edwin Yuen will be hosting the sessions from the Storage side. Clustering and High availability
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Since Windows Server 2008 Beta stages, our team has been supporting TechNet forums. Today, TechNet/MSDN is releasing a new community platform, with more functionalities and renewed interface. Not all forums are in the new platform yet – we were lucky
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It’s very common for a server running Windows Unified Data Storage Server and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target to include a RAID controller and many hard drives in the box. I got a question on exactly how to configure RAID volumes for this kind of
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April is a busy month. We just had the MVP Summit here at our home at Microsoft Redmond campus. The event was so successful we decided to post some information about this in the blog! But what are MVPs? MVPs are Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals,
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You can use Storage Manager for SANs to create and manage logical unit numbers (LUNs) on both Fibre Channel and iSCSI disk storage subsystems that support Virtual Disk Service (VDS). The arrays are managed by the VDS hardware providers. The picture below
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The Storage Solutions Division Test Team is looking for several new Software Design Engineers in Test (SDET). Interested? Visit http://members.microsoft.com/careers/default.mspx and search for Job Codes 202273 , 206181 , 207061 , 208832 , 210633 , 212350
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SQL Server 2008 introduces new options to store unstructured data, in addition to the current BLOB support in SQL Server 2005. In this post, I examine two previously existing options (IMAGE, VARBINARY(MAX)) and describe two new ones (VARBINARY(MAX) with
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