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I blogged for 15 years using the old TechNet blogs sites, under the https://blogs.technet.com/josebda URL. As you can tell if you click on that old link, it's no longer there. That blog service was closed, but there is an archive at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/josebda/ including all the hundreds of posts from 2004 to 2018. I also backed … Continue reading Broken image link? Search the archive… →

Long time no post…

Hi! It's been a while since I last wrote a blog post here (or anywhere else). I used to post a lot when I was working on public facing features for Windows Server and the SMB file protocol. After that, I moved to the OneDrive team and worked on some internal stuff, continuing the trend … Continue reading Long time no post… →

The ABC language, thirty years later…

Back in March 1986, I was in my second year of college (Data Processing at the Universidade Federal do Ceara in Brazil). I was also teaching programming night classes at a Brazilian technical school. On that year, I created a language called ABC, complete with a little compiler. It compiled the ABC code into pseudo code … Continue reading The ABC language, thirty years later… →

Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun

I just noticed that last week was the 20th anniversary of my first Microsoft certification. I had to travel nearly 500 miles (from Fortaleza to Recife) to reach the closest official testing center available in Brazil in August 1995. You’re probably thinking that I started by taking the Windows 95 exam, but it was … Continue reading Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun →

The Deprecation of SMB1 – You should be planning to get rid of this old SMB dialect

I regularly get a question about when will SMB1 be completely removed from Windows. This blog post summarizes the current state of this old SMB dialect in Windows client and server. 1) SMB1 is deprecated, but not yet removed We already added SMB1 to the Windows Server 2012 R2 deprecation list in June 2013. … Continue reading The Deprecation of SMB1 – You should be planning to get rid of this old SMB dialect →

Windows Server 2012 R2: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1, SMB 3.0 or SMB 3.02) are you using?

Note: This blog post is a Windows Server 2012 R2 update on a previous version focused on Windows Server 2012. 1. Introduction With the release of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, I am frequently asked about how older versions of Windows will behave when connecting to or from these new versions. Upgrading … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 R2: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1, SMB 3.0 or SMB 3.02) are you using? →

New Microsoft Logo

The new Microsoft logo is here. What do you think? Read all about it at http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/08/23/microsoft-unveils-a-new-look.aspx See it in use at http://microsoft.com.

File Server improvements from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2. 8 items for 8 years…

Introduction The File Server team often talks to customers about file server migration and file server consolidation projects. Many times, these are customers running Windows Server 2003 that can point to a number of issues they wanted fixed. In most cases, those issues have been identified and corrected in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server … Continue reading File Server improvements from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2. 8 items for 8 years… →

TI-55-II calculator, the first device I ever programmed

I recently bought a used TI-55-II on eBay. This is an old (early 80’s) Texas Instruments calculator, one the first programmable ones. I got it mostly for sentimental value, since I used to own one back in Brazil in 1983, my last year in high school. Looking back, the fact that I got this specific … Continue reading TI-55-II calculator, the first device I ever programmed →

The good old days of CP/M 2.2 on a TRS-80 with an 8-bit Z80 CPU

I was reading the news on the release of Windows 7 and stopped to think of the early days of my IT career and what an OS looked like then. I thought way back to one of the first microcomputer disk operating systems I ever used: CP/M. I actually remembered the few resident commands we … Continue reading The good old days of CP/M 2.2 on a TRS-80 with an 8-bit Z80 CPU →