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Three Reasons Why You Should Not Use iPerf3 on Windows

JamesKehr on Apr 18 2024 12:10 PM
This article will explain why you should not use iPerf3 on Windows for synthetic network benchmarking and testing. Follo...
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Windows 11 Plans to Expand CLAT Support

tojens on Mar 07 2024 07:00 AM
Announcing what's next for Windows 11 + IPv6 transition tech
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IPv6 Transition Technology Survey

tojens on Feb 06 2024 06:00 AM
Sharing a customer signal survey to gauge interest in various approaches to IPv6 transition technology
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SDN: Migrating from Rest Name to Static IP | Remove worries of DNS!

Kyle Bisnett on Feb 02 2024 09:10 AM
As an SDN administrator for HCI and Windows Server, you may have experienced issues with Dynamic DNS registration of Net...
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Introducing DNR support for Windows Insiders

AditiPatange on Oct 25 2023 10:00 AM
Instructions for enabling DNR in Windows Insiders to seamlessly deploy encrypted DNS
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NCSI Change Notification

JamesKehr on Jul 05 2023 03:21 PM
A recent change may cause your Windows systems from detecting an Internet connection.
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Network ATC management in Windows Admin Center

Dan Cuomo on Jul 05 2023 10:13 AM
Network ATC continues to be the preferred method to deploy host networking for our Azure Stack HCI customers. For most c...
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Migrate an existing cluster to Network ATC

Dan Cuomo on Jun 09 2023 09:38 AM
Network ATC has led to HUGE reductions in customer support cases which means increased uptime for your business applicat...
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SDN + AKS 3-15-23 Updates and Features

Kyle Bisnett on Mar 16 2023 09:28 AM
Support for leveraging existing SDN vNETs, multiple vNETs for your Target clusters to support isolation, and a new AKS H...
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Physical switch requirement changes for Azure Stack HCI

Basel_Kablawi on Mar 15 2023 10:15 AM
Read on to see the latest updates to the Azure Stack HCI physical network switch requirements!
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Azure Stack HCI: What's new for Software Defined Networking (SDN) with WAC v2211

Kyle Bisnett on Jan 17 2023 12:50 PM
Today is an exciting day as we share with each of you the extensive new features and improvements for SDN in Windows Adm...
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Survey: Accelerated Networking

Basel_Kablawi on Jan 06 2023 03:10 PM
We want to hear from you regarding Accelerated Networking!
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Network HUD: November 2022 content update has arrived!

Dan Cuomo on Nov 15 2022 06:01 AM
In our first article we introduced Network HUD as a new feature that proactively identifies and remediates operational n...
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Introducing Network HUD for Azure Stack HCI

Dan Cuomo on Nov 15 2022 06:00 AM
We’re excited to announce the release of Network HUD - A new feature that proactively identifies and remediates operatio...
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General Availability for SDN integration with AKS on Azure Stack HCI

Kyle Bisnett on Oct 12 2022 10:05 AM
Our SDN and AKS engineering teams are so excited to announce General Availability to fuel our customer’s desire to enabl...
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LEDBAT Background Data Transfer for Windows

Daniel Havey on Sep 30 2022 08:50 AM
LEDBAT is the background data transfer product built into the Windows networking stack and recommended by the Windows Da...
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Balance Performance in MsQuic and XDP

huanyi on Sep 16 2022 03:36 PM
Improving performance has always been a major goal for MsQuic. Recently, we have put in a lot of effort into getting ult...
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NIC Certification updates in the Windows Server Catalog

Dan Cuomo on Aug 31 2022 08:38 AM
Read on to see how we’re simplifying the structure of Windows Server NIC certifications into a "role-based" structure!
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Troubleshooting SDN Windows Admin Center Certificates

Kyle Bisnett on Aug 30 2022 02:58 PM
If you are receiving "The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secur...
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Az Stack HCI: Software Defined Networking (SDN) extensions reach General Availability for WAC

Kyle Bisnett on Aug 25 2022 10:31 AM
SDN Extensions reach general availability for WAC: The rumors are true - SDN Infrastructure, Network Security Groups, Lo...
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DNS over TLS available to Windows Insiders

tojens on Jul 13 2022 10:00 AM
Instructions for enabling DNS over TLS support for Windows DNS client
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Open Source XDP for Windows

nibanks on May 24 2022 09:56 AM
We're bringing the latest in network acceleration technology to Windows, and it's open source!
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Aligning on mDNS: ramping down NetBIOS name resolution and LLMNR

tojens on Apr 22 2022 09:00 AM
Describing our first step toward turning NetBIOS name resolution and LLMNR off by default
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mDNS in the Enterprise

JamesKehr on Apr 04 2022 01:36 PM
mDNS is everywhere these days because it is simple, easy to build, and user friendly. Everyone in the tech industry love...
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Troubleshooting HTTP/3 in http.sys

tojens on Apr 01 2022 09:00 AM
A review of some common HTTP/3 deployment challenges and how to address them
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Making DoH Discoverable: Introducing DDR

tojens on Oct 27 2021 06:00 AM
Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR) is available to Windows Insiders to dynamically discover DoH configurations
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Deploying HTTP/3 on Windows Server at Scale

nibanks on Oct 12 2021 12:40 PM
We've recently started deploying HTTP/3 to Exchange Online servers globally and have some pretty exciting data to share!
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Network ATC: Common Preview Questions

Dan Cuomo on Sep 27 2021 09:07 AM
Network ATC has received some great feedback during its time in preview. We’ve heard that you love how it: Simplifies de...

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rjmcmahon
in Three Reasons Why You Should Not Use iPerf3 on Windows on Apr 23 2024 12:19 PM
Sure, for MSFT only then MSFT tools are fine. Most networks now are a mix requiring tools that run on all platforms and systems. Iperf3 is designed for capacity tests and does say use iperf2. Yet most still use Iperf3 because 3 is larger than 2 and they don't understand the technical differences. Yo...
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JamesKehr
in Three Reasons Why You Should Not Use iPerf3 on Windows on Apr 23 2024 06:50 AM
@rjmcmahon Please keep in mind that I am in support, so the article is support slanted. From a Microsoft supportability perspective, we need internally trusted tools like ntttcp and ctsTraffic that we (Microsoft support) can use for troubleshooting purposes when addressing networking issues related ...
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rjmcmahon
in Three Reasons Why You Should Not Use iPerf3 on Windows on Apr 22 2024 10:02 AM
@JamesKehr Hi James, It's not in the interests for a platform vendor to supply the tool to test their platform, particularly if that tool is platform or os specific. It has to be broadly accepted as reliable, open & transparent to code changes, and vendor independent. Iperf 2 goes back like 15 years...
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JamesKehr
in Three Reasons Why You Should Not Use iPerf3 on Windows on Apr 22 2024 09:23 AM
Thanks again, @rjmcmahon ! In true Microsoft fashion, we have a separate tool just for latency called Latte. https://github.com/microsoft/latte https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-test-latency?tabs=windows
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rjmcmahon
in Three Reasons Why You Should Not Use iPerf3 on Windows on Apr 22 2024 08:55 AM
@JamesKehrYeah, it's a common misconception that a bigger number means better. In iperf's case, the number indicates different development teams with different goals. Iperf 3 is a misnomer as it's a not a follow on to the original iperf. Iperf 2 is based from the original code.I'd suggest trying ipe...
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