Windows Storage Team
Windows Storage and Filesystems
Hello, I’ve just posted two new modules for Windows PowerShell that I wrote which are...
Date: 10/19/2012
As an introduction to some of the major improvements in managing your storage via PowerShell in the...
Date: 10/04/2012
Last year, I had posted an article on how to view SMART data from a disk to determine the health of...
Date: 09/26/2012
We hope you had an opportunity to look at the ISO Mounting Windows 8 Blog post. Native support for...
Date: 09/21/2012
Our guide on creating a DSM for MPIO for storage developers for Windows Server 2012 is now available...
Date: 08/03/2012
The fully updated version of the users guide for MPIO on Windows Server 2012 is now available here:...
Date: 08/02/2012
Managing iSCSI Initiator Connections Updated: 9/18/2012 This post covers iSCSI Initiator connection...
Date: 07/31/2012
Installing and Managing MPIO using PowerShell: This post is intended as an overview of capabilities...
Date: 07/20/2012
Managing local Windows Storage This post covers basic provisioning operations against local Windows...
Date: 07/03/2012
Understanding Custom object views in the Storage Module for Windows PowerShell Before I delve into...
Date: 07/02/2012
Be sure to check out the excellent TechEd video “Standards Support and Interoperability in Windows...
Date: 07/01/2012
Introducing the Windows Storage Management API (SMAPI) Windows® Server 2012 delivers capabilities to...
Date: 06/26/2012
Jeff Goldner has posted an introduction to the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)...
Date: 06/26/2012
Our newest whitepaper, which details how to deploy and manage Storage Spaces in the Windows Server...
Date: 06/12/2012
I wanted to make sure everyone has seen this excellent blog posting from Robert Smith in Premier...
Date: 04/04/2012
Updated: 7/1/2012 As it can be difficult to locate all of our public content related to Storage and...
Date: 03/28/2012
Last updated 2/22/2012 In the Microsoft Multipath I/O Step by Step guide for Windows Server...
Date: 12/02/2011
For those of you eager for more Windows 8 related news, there is a new blog posting from Thomas...
Date: 11/25/2011
In response to my recent post about the updated guidelines for Windows disk timeouts, the Exchange...
Date: 11/21/2011
Jeffrey Snover has posted a great blog here about what is coming in Storage Management:...
Date: 10/15/2011
This is the second in a series of posts on how to utilize PowerShell to easily collect system...
Date: 09/10/2011
Since the information on TechNet and MSDN can unfortunately be quite spread out, I wanted to post...
Date: 09/02/2011
Updated: 6/7/2012 As a result of some internal discussions around this, I decided that a blog post...
Date: 09/01/2011
Using PowerShell to collect information for Storage Troubleshooting (Part 1: Hotfixes and System Events)
This will be part of a series of posts on how to utilize PowerShell to easily collect system...
Date: 08/12/2011
This became a much more interesting question to me recently when I had a disk fail in my Windows...
Date: 08/11/2011
Jian Yan, the Program Manager for the iSCSI Software Target, has a new blog post on Filecab that...
Date: 05/04/2011
We have released an updated users guide for the iSCSI initiator on Windows 7, and Windows Server...
Date: 04/05/2011
Today, Microsoft has made this software publicly available to all users of Windows Server 2008 R2....
Date: 04/04/2011
Just wanted to let everyone know that the filesystem team has released a new whitepaper "NTFS CHKDSK...
Date: 02/23/2011
The MPIO DDK is now part of the Windows DDK. You can obtain the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) at the link...
Date: 11/03/2010
The VSS SDK content is now part of the Windows SDK, and can be obtained at the link below:...
Date: 11/03/2010
One question that comes up a fair bit is how to view partition starting alignment offsets by...
Date: 07/06/2010
Q: How do I determine if a disk is connected via iSCSI? A: The easiest way to determine this,...
Date: 10/22/2009
Our iSCSI Boot guide is now available. This provides information on iSCSI boot, as well as stepping...
Date: 10/05/2009
Our MPIO Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available in our Storage area on TechNet for...
Date: 10/05/2009
At the link below, you will find information about what has changed for the iSCSI Initiator, and...
Date: 08/21/2009
The Windows Boot from SAN whitepaper has been updated, and is available via the link below, this...
Date: 08/21/2009
Hello Everyone, Just wanted to post a note that we’ve updated the WMI class information for...
Date: 08/14/2009
We have released an updated version of the Windows Server High Availability with Microsoft MPIO...
Date: 02/16/2009
We have updated our documentation on the WMI classes supported by the iSCSI Initiator. You can see...
Date: 01/30/2009
The following scripting example shows how to set the MPIO Load Balancing policy via a script calling...
Date: 12/12/2008
The following steps will allow you to access the User Interface (UI) for the iSCSI Initiator on a...
Date: 11/21/2008
This script can be run from the command line including Server Core to quickly connect to an iSCSI...
Date: 09/18/2008
www.microsoft.com/hvs www.microsoft.com/hyper-vserver www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server Microsoft...
Date: 09/07/2008
The Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator implements a number of key features in the initiator to...
Date: 08/10/2008
Windows Server supports a broad ecosystem of SAN storage arrays and enterprise class storage...
Date: 08/04/2008
MPIO LUN policy management is integrated in the Disk Management MMC. To configure MPIO LUN load...
Date: 07/28/2008
below is a quick command line reference for iSNS. More details available in our user guide...
Date: 07/27/2008
Windows Server 2008 includes many enhancements for connecting to a Storage Network. One...
Date: 07/27/2008