Joe Davies

This is a blog that I used from 2004-2008 to tell people about new Windows networking documentation. I am currently blogging as part of the Windows Server Networking Information Experience (WSNiX) team. See the latest posts at http://blogs.technet...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc434701.aspx The April 2008 The Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "Troubleshooting NAP Enforcement," describes how Network Access Protection (NAP) health policy evaluation works and how to troubleshoot...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc194397.aspx The March 2008 The Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "Migrating Your Intranet to IPv6 with ISATAP," describes how to migrate your IPv4-only intranet to an IPv6-capable intranet with...

The Windows Server 2008 Networking Suite is a layered set of four books for IT professionals that describes TCP/IP and associated network technologies in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, from basic concepts, to deployment and troubleshooting, to...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2008/02/CableGuy/default.aspx The February 2008 TechNet The Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "IEEE 802.1X Wired Authentication," describes how to configure IEEE 802.1X authentication settings...

Windows Server® 2008 TCP/IP Protocols and Services By Joseph Davies http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/11630.aspx Windows Server® 2008 TCP/IP Protocols and Services , an update of the existing Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP Protocols and Services...

Windows Server® 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP) By Joseph Davies and Tony Northrup with the Microsoft Networking Team http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/11160.aspx This book describes how to plan, deploy, operate, and...

Understanding IPv6, Second Edition By Joseph Davies http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/11607.aspx Understanding IPv6, Version 2 is an update of the existing Understanding IPv6 title for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that delivers...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2008/01/CableGuy/default.aspx The January 2008 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "DNS Enhancements in Windows Server 2008," describes the new features of the Domain Name System (DNS...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/12/CableGuy/default.aspx The December 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "Network Policy Server," describes the new features of Network Policy Server (NPS) in Windows Server...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/11/CableGuy/default.aspx The November 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "Wireless Single Sign-On," describes how the Wireless Single Sign On feature in Windows Vista allows more...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/10/CableGuy/default.aspx The October 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "The Authenticated Internet Protocol," describes the Authenticated Internet Protocol (AuthIP), an enhanced...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/09/CableGuy/default.aspx The September 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "Strong and Weak Host Models," describes the strong and weak host models for IPv4- and IPv6-based...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/08/CableGuy/default.aspx The August 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "IPv6 Autoconfiguration in Windows Vista," describes the autoconfiguration behavior for IPv6 in Windows...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/07/CableGuy/default.aspx The July 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "IPv6 Traffic over VPN Connections," describes how IPv6 traffic can be sent over virtual private network...

A new "Network Policy Server" Web page has been published at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/nps/default.mspx . This page contains links to resources that describe Network Policy Server (NPS), the Microsoft implementation of a Remote Authentication...

The following two white papers have been published: Introduction to Intel I/O Acceleration Technology and the Scalable Networking Pack ( http://www.intel.com/technology/ioacceleration/317106.pdf ) This white paper describes how Intel I/O Acceleration...

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/b/4/4b455e48-72c4-4a04-b9a5-892fd497087a/TollyResults.pdf This white paper of a third-party benchmark study done by The Tolly Group compares network throughput and time-to-completion of several tasks when using...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/CableGuy/default.aspx The June 2007 TechNet Cable Guy article in TechNet magazine, "The Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol," describes how the Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) in Windows...

The " DNS Server GlobalNames Zone Deployment " white paper at http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/7/a575d225-e82e-4361-a830-9fc94ab2d099/DNS-GlobalNames-Zone-Deployment.doc describes how to implement the DNS GlobalNames Zone on Windows Server 2008...

A new white paper titled " Standardizing Network Access Control: TNC and Microsoft NAP to Interoperate" has been published at http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/1/2/c12b5d9b-b5c5-4ead-a335-d9a13692abbb/TNC_NAP_white_paper.pdf . Read this white...

The "Network Access Protection Policies in Windows Server 2008" white paper has been updated for the Beta 3 release of Windows Server 2008 (formerly Windows Server "Longhorn"). You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID...

A new "Domain Name System" Web page has been published at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/dns/default.mspx . This page contains links to resources that describe Domain Name System (DNS) support in Windows, including Webcasts and troublshooting...

The following Network Access Protection (NAP) white papers and articles have been updated for Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3: "Introduction to Network Access Protection" at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/nap/napoverview.mspx "Network...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b3611543-58b5-4ccc-b6ce-677ebb2a520d&displaylang=en This joint Microsoft and Juniper Networks white paper looks at the changing expectations of IPv6 with the growth of IPv6-enabled applications...