Windows Server v.Next AMA

If you're interested in what's new in SMB and file services in Windows vNext and Windows Server vNext, I recommend reading the Storage at Microsoft blog at https://aka.ms/filecab. The full set of announcements so far is:

• SMB over QUIC now available in Windows Server Insider Datacenter and Standard editions (November 2023)
• SMB alternative ports (November 2023)
• SMB Firewall changes in Windows insider (November 2023)
• SMB client encryption mandate now supported in Windows Insider (October 2023)
• SMB over QUIC client access control now supported in Windows Insider (October 2023, updated Nov 2023)
• SMB NTLM blocking (September 2023, updated Nov 2023)
• SMB dialect management (September 2023)
• SMB signing required by default in Windows Insider (June 2023)
• The beginning of the end of Remote Mailslots (March 2023)
• SMB insecure guest auth now off by default in Windows Insider Pro editions (January 2023)
• SMB authentication rate limiter now on by default in Windows Insider (September 2022)
• SMB1 now disabled by default for Windows 11 Home Insiders builds (April 2022)