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Path to the Server (An Ode to SMB Multichannel)

Read while listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXQUu5Dti4g    Path to the Server On Ode to SMB Multichannel by Jose Barreto   There’s a client somewhere looking for file shares And it’s finding a path to the server When it gets there it knows it can read, write and close With a word it can get what it came … Continue reading Path to the Server (An Ode to SMB Multichannel) →

My top tweets from 2017

These are my top tweets from each month in 2017, according to https://analytics.twitter.com. January 2017  Top Tweet (earned 4,849 impressions) Free Azure training via Microsoft on Open edX. These are massive open online courses (MOOCs). openedx.microsoft.com pic.twitter.com/hdzJyrlEG3 Top media Tweet (earned 2,831 impressions) Ars Technica UK: Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake review: Is the desktop CPU dead? … Continue reading My top tweets from 2017 →

Using PowerShell to generate a large test CSV file with random data

I recently posted a new blog that shows how to load a very large CSV file into Excel, breaking the limit of 1 million rows in a single Excel sheet. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out: Loading CSV/text files with more than a million rows into Excel. One of the challenges for … Continue reading Using PowerShell to generate a large test CSV file with random data →

My top tweets from 2016

These are my top tweets from each month in 2016, according to https://analytics.twitter.com.   January 2016   New blog post: My Top Reasons to Use OneDrive http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2016/01/26/my-top-reasons-to-use-onedrive.aspx   New FileCab blog: Updating Firmware for Disk Drives in Windows Server 2016 (TP4) https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/01/25/updating-firmware-for-disk-drives-in-windows-server-2016-tp4/   Updated Intel HD 5000 driver (released alongside the new Surface Pro 3 firmware) … Continue reading My top tweets from 2016 →

PowerShell script organizes pictures in your OneDrive camera roll folder

I just published a new PowerShell script that organizes pictures in your OneDrive camera roll folder. It creates folders named after the year and month, then moves picture files to them. Existing files will be renamed in case of conflict. Empty folders left behind after the files are moved will be removed. It defaults to … Continue reading PowerShell script organizes pictures in your OneDrive camera roll folder →

SNIA’s SDC 2016: Public slides and live streaming for Storage Developer Conference

SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference (SDC 2016) is happening this week in Santa Clara, CA. This developer-focused conference cover several storage topics like Cloud, File Systems, NVM, Storage Management, and more. You can see the agenda at http://www.snia.org/events/storage-developer/agenda/2016   However, there a few thing happening differently this time around. First, most of the slides are available … Continue reading SNIA’s SDC 2016: Public slides and live streaming for Storage Developer Conference →

Visuality Systems and Microsoft expand SMB collaboration to storage systems

Last week, Microsoft and Visuality Systems announced an expanded collaboration on SMB. Visuality is well known for their work supporting the SMB protocol in embedded devices. If you own a printer or scanner that supports the SMB protocol, there’s a good chance that device is running Visuality’s software. Visuality is now expanding into the storage … Continue reading Visuality Systems and Microsoft expand SMB collaboration to storage systems →

Build 2016 videos related to OneDrive

Here is an unofficial list of Build 2016 videos that are related to OneDrive: Session Title: OneDrive API – Overview, What’s New, and Scenarios Presenter: Sean Maloney Description: Overview of the OneDrive API for OneDrive and OneDrive for Business, highlights on what’s new, and a quick overview of the range of scenarios you can enable. Session Title: Introducing the … Continue reading Build 2016 videos related to OneDrive →