Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

Introduction At this point I’m hoping everyone has had the opportunity to read my two previous blogs on VMQ, VMQ Deep Dive 1 and VMQ Deep Dive 2 , and are more knowledgeable about the offload and when to use it. In this last post of this series, I want...

In the previous blogs we looked at how cloud service providers can reduce their capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operation expenditure (OPEX) by deploying multi-tenant site-to-site (S2S) VPN & multi-tenant routing using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP...

This blogs describes in detail the concepts of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) introduced in What’s New in 2012 R2: Hybrid Networking blog and multi-tenant site-to-site VPN (S2S VPN) blog. In this blog, we’d try to analyze how multi-tenant Border Gateway...

Introduction : Windows Server 2012 introduced IPAM to help Administrators to manage IP address space and DHCP/DNS network services. Prior to Windows Server 2012, customers had little option outside of using disjointed tools, excel spreadsheets and custom...

  The Microsoft DNS Server provided certain server level statistics which enabled an admin to track the usage pattern or monitor DNS server performance. The statistics provided includes server wide query statistics, zone transfer statistics, packet...

Windows 8.1 allows a VPN client to automatically connect to the corporate network. From end user perspective, access to corporate resources works just like when he is inside the corporate network. Whenever you launch a corporate application or access...

This blogs describes in detail the concepts of multi-tenant site-to-site (S2S) Virtual Private Network (VPN) introduced in what’s New in 2012 R2: Hybrid Networking blog . In this blog, we will examine how requirements of two organizations Woodgrove Bank...

Introduction In my last blog post of this series, ‘ VMQ Deep Dive, 1 of 3 ,’ I went into detail on why we implemented VMQ and how to view the VMQ settings on the adapter to verify that it was configured properly. In this blog post I am...

Virtual Machine Queues (VMQ) is an incredibly powerful performance technology introduced in Windows Server 2012. A concern we’ve noticed as Windows Server 2012 is increasingly deployed in datacenter environments is misconceptions about VMQ, and...

Windows Server Gateway in Windows Server 2012 R2 is a key element of Hybrid Networking , which enables enterprises to connect to service providers via site-to-site VPN. This blog describes a different use case. It shows how Windows Server gateway can...

Cloud scale architectures require highly scalable core infrastructure services. For instance, gateways that provide Network Address Translation or Site-to-Site VPN capabilities for the datacenter must be able to support a large number of tenants. This...

This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers an overview of networking investments...

This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog.  Today’s blog post covers new features in Hyper-V Network Virtualization in Windows Server...

This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog.  Today’s blog post covers Hyper-V Extensible Switch Enhancements and how it applies to the larger topic of “Transform the Datacenter.”  To read that post and see the other technologies discussed, read today’s post: “What’s New in 2012 R2: IaaS Innovations.”

This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Virtual RSS and how it applies to the...

This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog.  Today’s blog post covers new diagnostic features to quickly isolate network problems...

Hi! My name is Sai Balaji and I work with Microsoft Networking Support in Bangalore. I primarily help Premier Customers resolve their real time Windows Networking issues. The ‘push’ that I got to write this first post of mine goes back to my own experiences...

General Deployment information Because I support the Windows Firewall I often get asked for guidance on deploying it. David Bishop wrote a nice white paper on deploying the Windows Firewall so I won’t repeat it all here but this is my go to link when...

Have you ever wondered how Windows knows you’re connected to the Internet? You may have noticed the over the network icon by the clock, have you ever wondered what happens in the background? This blog aims to find answers to these and related questions...

I recently heard from Joe Davies that the 3rd edition of his Understanding IPv6 book is available!     This edition builds on the treasure trove of information found in Understanding IPv6, 2nd Edition, which included updates for Windows Vista...

My name is Prachand and I am an SE on the Platforms Networking Team. My intent of this post is for it to be a quick reference guide for setting up secure wireless networking using Microsoft products. It describes how to create an infrastructure for authentication...

In addition to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server “8” Beta is also available to test. We would like to encourage you IT Pros and software developers to try it out. Yesterday, Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President of Server and Cloud, announced...

What are Understand and Troubleshoot Guides (UTG)? The Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Guides (UTG) help IT administrators and architects develop awareness of key technical concepts, functionality, and troubleshooting techniques. This...

We get questions from customers asking how they can disable a wireless connection when they are connected to a physical network. There can be various reasons for wanting to do this but they are often misguided. First let me say – Windows does not currently...

I have worked with number of customers who have faced the scenario where few or many (important) DNS records disappear from a DNS zone and they are left only with a question as to who or what deleted those records. There could be a number of scenarios...