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DNS Server service refuse name resolution on Windows Server 2008 R2
Published Fri, Jan 6 2012 11:54 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
It has been already from nearly two years ago, that under certain circumstances DNS Server service on Windows Server 2008 R2 refuse to resolve internet domain name addresses. This issue occurs if Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Server is used without forwarders...
Windows Anti-Virus Exclusion List
Published Wed, Aug 17 2011 10:40 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
A comprehensive all exclusion list for Windows Server Systems has been published on TechNet Wiki. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/953.aspx  
Deploy massive DFSN Target Link Change
Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 16:19 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
When you need to make changes to your user DFS environment, a tool like dfsutil.exe is your friend. Latest when you want to replace your old Windows Server 2003 File and Distributed File Service, you will be faced to add or change the DFS target links...
Error 0x80070035 – The network path was not found
Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 14:30 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
In an environment with Site-to-Site VPNs and Windows 7 clients on the branch offices you can be faced with the Error 0x80070035 – The network path was not found, when users try to access file services provided with DFS shares. The standard protocol used...
Forefront TMG will not be continued
Published Fri, May 27 2011 19:21 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Microsoft confirmed to Gardner recently, that the Microsoft Forefront Thread Management Gateway will not continue with a new full version. Not to continue with an edge protection solution, should be based on a strategic decision at Microsoft, not to compete...
How to use the ISP Redundancy Feature of Forefront TMG [3. Update]
Published Sun, May 8 2011 13:54 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
The ISP Redundancy Feature of Forefront TMG 2010   http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2009/10/14/the-isp-redundancy-feature-of-forefront-tmg.aspx     Enabling Internet Service Provider (ISP) redundancy on TMG 2010   http:/...
NetApp Storage Systems in Microsoft Systems Environment
Published Tue, May 3 2011 13:05 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
NetApp published a new article and guide how their storage environment and solutions work in Windows Systems architectures and infrastructures. The article gives you a lot valued information about how it works with Domain Controllers in Active Directory...
TMG SP1 Rollups are not cummulative [Update]
Published Mon, May 2 2011 15:37 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
[Update] Starting with Rollup 4 you get them all cummulative. TMG SP2 can be applied for TMG SP1 with Update 1 and covers all too. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27603 […] Be aware, that rollups for Forefront TMG 2010 SP1 are not...
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target now available
Published Tue, Apr 5 2011 7:56 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
All new OS have the iSCSI Initiator client already available out of the box. The server side component was only available for Windows Storage Server. Now it is available for all other server types too. How to use it with a Hyper-V Cluster read the blog...
Secure Access to your Cloud Services
Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 17:06 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Moving to the Cloud is going on and so we will have more and more On-Premise and Cloud environments living site by site. Securing access to Cloud Services will be more relevant for the future. A great article on this topic has been published by Yuri Diogenes...
Architecting iSCSI Storage for Hyper-V
Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 15:13 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
A very interesting article about this has been published here . How is Hyper-V supporting iSCSI technologies? How can iSCSI storage provided for guest systems? What is best practise configuration? How to achieve the best data throughput? This and other...
DFSR failure with Windows Server 2003 R2 and 2008 R2
Published Tue, Dec 28 2010 12:33 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
There is a compatibility issue in the DFSR protocol between Windows Server 2003 R2 and 2008 R2 which causes replication from Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2003 R2 to fail. Microsoft released a hotfix here under MSKB 2462352
Windows Server 2008 R2 refuse to resolve external FQDN
Published Fri, Oct 8 2010 19:07 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
No, it is not the dot in the hierachy on DNS Server which makes him a Root DNS. So looking for this is obvious. And what if you find, that DNS Root Servers are listed and forwarders are able to ping, but recursive name resolution still doesn’t work. When...
Running, Filtering and Saving Scans in Best Practise Analyzer
Published Sat, Sep 25 2010 13:39 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Who knows the Best Practise Analyzer for Exchange (ExBPA) is already familiar exporting scan results to other file formats to save or achive. The Best Practise Analyzer (BPA) coming with Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Roles doesn’t have this opportunity...
More Performance with SMBv2x on Windows and NetApp
Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 19:22 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
NetApp has prepared an interesting performance test with new SMBv2.x available with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. The NetApp OnTap operating system has already been updated to support SMBv2. Find here the result figures about performance increase...
Win7 and Windows Server 2008 and R2 SMBv2 and v2.1 and Riverbed
Published Mon, Sep 6 2010 16:12 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Who designs distributed network infrastructures with high bandwidth connected sites and accelerates traffic with Riverbed appliances will loose many nice communication features comming with WinVista or Win7 and Windows Server Systems 2008 and 2008R2....
Permission Issue with DFSN
Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 21:45 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Accessing a folder under a mapped network drive to a Distributed File System Namespace (DFSN) folder target may fail on Windows Vista and and later OS versions with error “Access is Denied”. Clients with Windows Vista or Windows 7 do not receive errors...
Some new Best Practices Analyzer released
Published Mon, May 3 2010 14:00 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Update for Best Practices Analyzer for Active Directory Rights Management Services for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB981391) You can use Active Directory Rights Management Services Best Practices Analyzer to scan a server that is running the AD...