If you've been working with networks for any length of time, you've no doubt had a server's hard disk fill up, which usually means it's time to have users clear out files they no longer use. You can ...

In context: Microsoft introduced the original version of ReFS in 2012 alongside the enterprise-focused Windows Server 2012. At the time, the company stated that the new file system was intended to ...

Windows Server 2003 includes the Distributed File Service which, when properly configured, can make an administrator’s job a lot easier. Interested? Read on. The DFS technology allows you to logically ...

Yesterday, alongside the release of the Windows 11 2024 feature update, Microsoft published feature details regarding Windows 11 LTSC 2024 and Windows 11 24H2 for managed PCs. One of the several new ...

A new DFSCoerce Windows NTLM relay attack has been discovered that uses MS-DFSNM, Microsoft's Distributed File System, to completely take over a Windows domain. Many organizations utilize Microsoft ...

The moral here is that DFS-R is not a distributed database system. If you expect frequent simultaneous updates of files in your DFS target folders, then DFS may not be the best tool to use to provide ...

File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so – but ...

Managing data storage is ever more complex. IT teams have to wrestle with local, direct-attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage and cloud storage volumes. They might be ...

The Emotet malware is now distributed using Microsoft OneNote email attachments, aiming to bypass Microsoft security restrictions and infect more targets. Emotet is a notorious malware botnet ...

When you install apps on your Windows 11/10 PC, they would need access to your File System i.e. hard drive storage to save files on a regular basis. However, giving them complete access to the storage ...