Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services available for download

Quick blog post to let you know that information about the Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) for Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services has been published.It includes several rules for the configuration, operation, performance and security of the SMB, NFS, DFS-N, DFS-R and FSRM. Get detailed documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff633443(WS.10).aspx Download the BPA directly from Windows Update or … Continue reading Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services available for download →

Using PowerShell V2 to gather info on free space on the volumes of your remote file server

Overview In a previous blog post, I have examined some of PowerShell’s control structures and included an example gathered some information from web. If you haven’t seen it, you can check it at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2010/04/04/experimenting-with-powershell-v2-scripting-variables-and-control-structures.aspx. At the end of that post, I suggested a project to check free spaces on file servers. That’s what this post … Continue reading Using PowerShell V2 to gather info on free space on the volumes of your remote file server →

Experimenting with PowerShell V2 scripting, variables and control structures

Last week I was testing Visual Studio 2010 to write a C# application to export all my blog posts to a file. I described that in some detail at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2010/03/21/experimenting-with-visual-studio-2010-and-backing-up-the-entries-on-my-blog.aspx I am performing the exact same task, but this time using PowerShell V2. The basic idea is still the same and I am still using … Continue reading Experimenting with PowerShell V2 scripting, variables and control structures →

Comparing RPC, WMI and WinRM for remote server management with PowerShell V2

1. OverviewIn a recent blog post, I was looking at PowerShell V2 remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2. If you haven’t seen it, take a look at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2010/03/31/experimenting-with-powershell-v2-remoting.aspx. In that post, I mentioned three different ways to gather information about services on a remove server (throughout this post, I use this task as an example … Continue reading Comparing RPC, WMI and WinRM for remote server management with PowerShell V2 →

Experimenting with PowerShell V2 Remoting

As I continue to experiment with PowerShell v2 in Windows Server 2008 R2, I will share some of what I learn here on the blog. This time I am focusing on PowerShell Remoting. If you never played with PowerShell before, please start by reading http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2009/07/25/experimenting-with-powershell.aspx and http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2009/08/09/experimenting-with-powershell-cmdlets-snap-ins-and-modules.aspx Remoting In general, “remoting” relates to the ability … Continue reading Experimenting with PowerShell V2 Remoting →

Presentations from Storage Developer Conference 2009 (SDC 2009) are now available for download

The presentations from SNIA's SDC 2009 are now publicly available for download. This SNIA event happened in Santa Clara, CA last September and the decks are now publicly available, after being restricted to conference attendees for a few months. Out of the dozens of presentations, I wanted to highlight a few that were delivered by … Continue reading Presentations from Storage Developer Conference 2009 (SDC 2009) are now available for download →

Windows Server DFS Namespaces (DFS-N) Reference

I get a number of questions regarding reference information for DFS Namespaces (also known as DFS-N). I gathered here the main links that can get you started on the subject:Here are my own blog posts on DFS Namespaces (all updated for Windows Server 2008 R2 and including domain V2 namespaces): The Basics of the Windows … Continue reading Windows Server DFS Namespaces (DFS-N) Reference →

Automatically uploading files from File Server to SharePoint using the File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)

Windows Server 2008 R2 introduced a new File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) and the team has been sharing different ways to put it to good use. The latest one comes as a blog post that describes how to use the FCI SharePoint Upload PowerShell script in conjunction with the FCI File Management Tasks to automatically upload … Continue reading Automatically uploading files from File Server to SharePoint using the File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) →

Download for Powershell v2 for Windows 7? No need… It’s already there!

A while back, Microsoft announced the release of PowerShell v2 for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 (see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=151321). However, it is not clear to everyone that Powershell v2 is already part of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I have seen people still asking for the link for … Continue reading Download for Powershell v2 for Windows 7? No need… It’s already there! →

Mistakes when configuring your Hyper-V environment

I came across some interesting tips on things to consider in a virtualized environment by Greg Shields (Consultant and Microsoft MVP). They are non-issues (or settled issues) on physical environments and you might overlook them when making the transition to virtual machines. Here's a summary to get you interested: Screensavers Managing from the console AV on … Continue reading Mistakes when configuring your Hyper-V environment →