Final version of Network Monitor 3.3 available for download

NetMon 3.3 has just been released, with a number of new features. One of my favorites this time around is the ability to add comments to a frame. Also, keep in mind that protocols are evolving and having the latest NetMon can help. For instance, only the more recent versions of NetMon include an SMB2 protocol … Continue reading Final version of Network Monitor 3.3 available for download →

An Open Source NFS Client for Windows

Microsoft is sponsoring research at the University of Michigan's Center for Information Technology Integration (CITI) to develop an open source NFS client for Windows. CITI developed the open source Linux-based reference implementation of NFSv4 that is already included in all Linux distributions. Details were shared by Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business … Continue reading An Open Source NFS Client for Windows →

Understanding Windows Server 2008 DFS-N by analyzing network traces

1 – Overview This blog post details the behavior of Windows Server 2008 DFS-N (Distributed File System - Namespaces) clients by looking at network traces. The main goal here is to show the interaction between a DFS-N client, a domain controller, a namespace server and a file server.These traces were taken using Network Monitor 3.3 beta … Continue reading Understanding Windows Server 2008 DFS-N by analyzing network traces →

SQL Server 2008 – Summary of Training Sessions

I took some advanced SQL Server 2008 classes recently and shared my notes in a series of blog posts. Here's a summary of all those posts, in alphabetical order: SQL Server 2008 Auditing SQL Server 2008 Backup and Restore SQL Server 2008 Change Tracking (CT) and Change Data Capture (CDC) SQL Server 2008 Client Design … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 – Summary of Training Sessions →

SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS)

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS)” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/.Please) note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS) →

SQL Server 2008 Tempdb

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Tempdb” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/.Please) note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online (I … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Tempdb →

SQL Server 2008 Log Shipping

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Log Shipping” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/.Please) note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Log Shipping →

SQL Server 2008 Database Snapshots

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Database Snapshots” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/.Please) note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Database Snapshots →

SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering →

SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring →