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Dan Cuomo on 02-03-2020 06:00 AM

Windows Server currently has two inbox teaming mechanisms with two very different purposes. In this article, we’ll descr...

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tojens on 11-17-2019 09:00 PM

Announcing and explaining our intention to support DNS over HTTPS in future versions of Windows

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Gabriel Montenegro on 10-22-2019 06:00 AM

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mkostersitz on 10-08-2019 09:05 AM

Container technology is transforming the face of business and application development. 70% of on-premises workloads toda...

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Gabriel Montenegro on 10-02-2019 06:00 AM

Please read our blog on new capabilities in Windows Server 2019 to enforce improved security on connections.

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tojens on 08-05-2019 06:00 AM

A document providing an overview of the time keeping improvements in Windows.

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mkostersitz on 06-19-2019 06:00 AM

TL;DR; A question we get asked quite a bit is: "What is Microsoft doing to improve Networking performance?" To answer th...

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Dan Cuomo on 05-29-2019 06:00 AM

This is the final post covering synthetic accelerations covering Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019. We recomm...

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Harini Ramakrishnan on 05-22-2019 11:02 AM

Windows support for DPDK merges into the community maintained repository with v19.05 release!

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David Schott on 05-15-2019 06:00 AM

Kubernetes is not easy to troubleshoot – even if you’re an expert. There are multiple components involved in the creatio...

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Dan Cuomo on 05-08-2019 06:00 AM

This is the third in a series of posts covering synthetic accelerations covering Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and...

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Dan Cuomo on 04-24-2019 06:00 AM

This is the second in a series of posts covering synthetic accelerations (specifically VMQ) on 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and ...

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Dan Cuomo on 04-17-2019 06:00 AM

This is the first in a series of posts covering synthetic accelerations (specifically VMQ) on 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2...

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Dan Cuomo on 04-10-2019 06:00 AM

Primer on how to prevent bad testing methodologies from affecting your time accuracy

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Dan Cuomo on 04-03-2019 06:00 AM

In this article, we show a simple setup (video and written instructions) for testing the new Precision Time Protocol (PT...

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David Schott on 03-27-2019 04:28 PM

Enhanced support for network topologies, network isolation, and scalability for containers via overlay networking!

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AnirbanPaul on 02-27-2019 02:45 PM

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Dan Cuomo on 02-20-2019 02:22 PM

Recently we spoke at Storage Spaces Direct MVPDays about networking best practices. Check here for the link!

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Dan Cuomo on 02-19-2019 09:52 AM

This is the new home of the Microsoft Windows Core Networking team blog! Follow us on Twitter at our team handle: @Micro...

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mkostersitz on 02-14-2019 10:12 AM

First published on TECHNET on Dec 06, 2018 Hello again,Today we will be drilling into a more complex topic following the...

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Dan Cuomo on 02-14-2019 10:11 AM

First published on TECHNET on Nov 21, 2018 Hello Networking Enthusiasts - Tomorrow, the US will celebrate Thanksgiving a...

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mkostersitz on 02-14-2019 10:11 AM

First published on TECHNET on Nov 14, 2018 Who is the new guy blogging?Before getting into the topic, I wanted to introd...

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Daniel Havey on 02-14-2019 10:11 AM

First published on TECHNET on Nov 07, 2018 #LEDBAT @Win10TransportsWhy don't we dive right in? What is a Congestion Prov...

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Daniel Havey on 02-14-2019 10:11 AM

First published on TECHNET on Oct 24, 2018 Author: Travis LukeLast week my esteemed colleague Dan Cuomo introduced Leap ...

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Dan Cuomo on 02-14-2019 10:11 AM

First published on TECHNET on Oct 17, 2018 Hi Everybody – Program Manager Dan Cuomo here to tell you, the IT Pro, everyt...

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Dan Cuomo on 02-14-2019 10:09 AM

First published on TECHNET on Oct 10, 2018 Kyle Bisnett and Bill Curtis here.

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Dan Cuomo on 02-14-2019 10:09 AM

First published on TECHNET on Oct 05, 2018 Don't forget to #LEDBAT and @Win10TransportsThere is buzz on the IT Blogs & B...

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Dan Cuomo on 02-14-2019 10:09 AM

First published on TECHNET on Oct 03, 2018 Don't forget to #LEDBAT and @Win10TransportsWindows TCP parameters can be con...

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Dan Cuomo on 02-14-2019 10:08 AM

First published on TECHNET on Sep 26, 2018 The past ten weeks have been energizing for us a team, as we’ve had the oppor...

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David Schott on 02-14-2019 10:08 AM

First published on TECHNET on Sep 19, 2018 Share On: TwitterThis blog is part of a series for the Top 10 Networking Feat...

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in Support for LEDBAT: Public Service Announcement on 02-25-2020

Windows 10 still treated like crap: PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-NetTCPSetting -SettingName DatacenterCustom, InternetCustom | Select Settingname, CongestionProviderSettingname CongestionProvider----------- ------------------InternetCustom CUBICDatacenterCustom CUBIC PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-NetTC...

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in Teaming in Azure Stack HCI on 02-24-2020

Excellent post Dan. This really helps us understand why SET is so much better than LBFO. Keep up the great work! :)

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in Teaming in Azure Stack HCI on 02-22-2020

Multipath TCP ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_TCP ) would provide a far simplest and better way to support these scenarios.WSL team could embrace this as Mutipath TCP is landing into the mainstream Linux kernel in the coming weeks. In the while, the Windows networking team could start thin...

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in Windows will improve user privacy with DNS over HTTPS on 02-16-2020

Definitely agree with Joseph Zollo that there needs to be full support in the ecosystem, with Windows Server DNS Servers being able to talk to upstream DoH servers and also serve DoH to clients. Because in any enterprise environment, clients will talk to central internal DNS servers, not directly to...

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in Teaming in Azure Stack HCI on 02-16-2020

Sweet post! I love these sorts of insights

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Teaming in Azure Stack HCI

Windows will improve user privacy with DNS over HTTPS

Core Networking and Internet Standards

Windows Containers and Rancher 2.3

Disabling Legacy TLS

Evolution of Timekeeping in Windows

Direct Server Return (DSR) in a nutshell

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2019

DPDK releases v19.05, introduces Windows Support!

Troubleshooting Kubernetes Networking on Windows: Part 1

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2016

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell - Windows Server 2012 R2

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2012

How NOT to test the Windows Time Service

Windows Subsystem for Linux for testing Windows 10 PTP Client

Introducing: Kubernetes Overlay Networking for Windows

Microsoft SDN patch available: Issue where SDN REST service stops working after installing updates

S2D Networking Best Practices @ MVP Days

We've moved!

Networking in Red Hat OpenShift for Windows

Turkey Day Mailbag

Managing Windows containers with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11

Windows Transport converges on two Congestion Providers: Cubic and LEDBAT

Leap Seconds for the AppDev: What you should know

Leap Seconds for the IT Pro: What you need to know

Notes from the Field: Microsoft SDN Software Load Balancers

Support for LEDBAT: Public Service Announcement

TCP Templates for Windows Server 2019 – How to tune your Windows Server Transports (Advanced users only 😉)

Top 10 Networking Features in Windows Server 2019: Wrapping up!

Top 10 Networking Features in Windows Server 2019: #1 Container Networking with Kubernetes