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We’ve released a short operations guide for using Dfsradmin.exe, the command-line tool for DFS Replication in Windows Server 2003 R2. Although the tool itself provides command-line help for its syntax, this guide is useful if you need examples of how to perform a series of commands to create a replication group, add members, schedules, and… Read more
A customer noticed that after deleting a replicated folder from a replication group, some subfolders under the DfsrPrivate folder (which is under the local path of the replicated folder) remained on the volume. This behavior is by design–DFS Replication does not clean up some internal folders that can have user data on a member after… Read more
Hello everyone, we’ve got two events this week for the R2 branch office technologies–a webcast on Wednesday and a follow-up chat on Friday. These will cover DFS Replication and DFS Namespaces in R2. TechNet Webcast: Administering and Maintaining the Branch Office Technologies in Windows Server 2003 R2 (Level 300) Wednesday, December 14, 2005 – 1:00… Read more
With R2 launching, we have a number of new case studies on Microsoft.com that highlight how customers use DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication, as well as other technologies, in Windows Server 2003 R2. Check them out! –Jill… Read more
[Updated on 11/27/06 to clarify areas where customers commonly have questions] The most frequent DFS Replication questions are about replication limits. The answer is, as you might guess, not as simple as some arbitrary hard-coded limit. And just so we’re on the same page, I’m talking about the new replication engine in Windows Server 2003 R2,… Read more