MPIO and MCS under Windows – Configuration in a Nutshell

Abstract: This document describes briefly the differences between the two technologies enabling multipathing I/O over iSCSI, shows the appropriate configuration location on Windows GUI and closes with a typical misunderstanding about aggregation prerequisites. The information in this article is based on the author’s experience and an information found in the documents "Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Version… Continue reading MPIO and MCS under Windows – Configuration in a Nutshell

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Account disable or password change not enough for email sync termination

  So as an experienced IT Pro you are quite confident: the management terminated an employee, you disabled her account and there is no way she could tamper her Mailbox. Sure? Think twice about it. Or rather read twice about it? Here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2612821 And here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/exchange-best-practices-for-untrusted-mailbox-users.aspx And now an example of a real life situation:… Continue reading Account disable or password change not enough for email sync termination

Windows Server 8 Storage Enhancements

  The recently announced Windows Server 8 brings various enhancements and new features. In fact their number is so large, it probably outshines the AD improvements of Server 2000, the storage improvements (DFS and Storage Management) from 2003 R2 and the probably even the improvements from the 2008-generation (Hyper-V, Branch-Office, Direct Access, NAP, etc.) In… Continue reading Windows Server 8 Storage Enhancements