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Host Integration Server uses a client\server interface to provide secure connections for client to server and server to server communication. Enforcing authentication on the client/server interface provides the following benefits: Access to resources...

In HIS 2000, the SNA LU 6.2 Resync TP (resyncsvc.exe) service was redesigned so that applications other than just COMTI could use it. Starting with HIS 2000, the SNA LU 6.2 Resync TP (renamed HIS LU62 Resync Service in HIS 2004) is no longer a component...

The Host Integration Server Product Group plans to support running HIS on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 are described below: First, the following products are planned for release in the first half of 2009: - Microsoft Host Integration Server 2009...

In Host Integration Server 2000, we added the ability to load balance LU 6.2 (APPC) sessions across connections defined under a SNA Server service. This feature is automatically enabled when you create duplicate Remote APPC LUs across multiple connections...

Updated 6/11/2010 : Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 V3.0 is now available for download. Please refer to the following post for more details on the latest version of our standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2": http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sjackson/archive...

If you are currently running HIS 2004 or HIS 2006 in a virtual environment or want to investigate the possibility of doing so, there is one potential performance issue that you need to be aware of if  you are using (or planning to use) the IP-DLC...

If you are using the OS400 Management Agent (MA) that is included in Host Access Management Agent (HAMA) to import user profiles from an AS/400, you may run into an issue where only a subset of the defined user profiles are imported. This problem can...

The SNA Print service included with Host Integration Server 2000, 2004, and 2006 defaults to a maximum of 500 concurrent active 3270 print sessions. It helps to define what is considered an “active” 3270 print session. An “active” 3270 print session is...