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DHCP Server service security enhancement

DHCP Server service is moved under Network Service account from what it used to be a Local System...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 03/03/2009

New features in DHCP for Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows 7

What are the major changes?The DHCP server in Windows Server 2008 R2 has invested in the areas of...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/25/2009

Migration of DHCP Server from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

Microsoft product support team often encounters migrated DHCP servers which are dysfunctional. The...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/18/2009

MAC Filter Import Tool

Hello Everybody, Thanks for all those who tried the MacFilterCallout dll. As you all must have...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/16/2009

DHCP Broadcast flag handling in Windows 7

  1. DHCP Broadcast flag:DHCP messages have ‘flags’ field. The first bit in this field...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/12/2009

In the scenarios where there are increasing security concerns and potential threats in networks,...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/29/2009

Some of the issues that are commonly faced in scenarios where Link Layer based filters have been...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/29/2009

What Is Name Protection

Name Protection is based on the DHCID support to the DHCP server, and support for the new DHCID RR...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/29/2009

How to configure Name Protection

This feature supports prevention of name squatting issues caused due to non-Windows OS machines....

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/29/2009

How to configure split-scope using wizard

Split-scope configuration (Widely known as 80/20 Configurations) is typically considered as...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/22/2009

How to prevent address exhaustion from Secondary Server in split-scope deployment

DHCP secondary server is configured with 20% of address leases and if it serves the clients at the...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/22/2009

OverviewThe increased threat perception has caused security to be instrumented and enabled at...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/21/2009

My Mobile Broadband card does not work

Please visit the Team Mobile Broadband Blog for discussions on connectivity, using Cellular...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/02/2009

How to Configure DHCP Network Hint

By default, DHCP Network Hint is turned “on” in Windows 7 OS. In order to turn off this...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/19/2008

How it works: DHCP Network Hint

When a user takes his machine with Windows 7 OS (laptop) from one network to another network, then...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/19/2008

What is DHCP Network Hint?

With the increase in popularity of laptops, it is very common for users to frequently reconnect to a...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/19/2008

Interesting in taking a test drive of the new features?

The networking team would like to get feedback, from customers/users of the DHCP Server. Here's your...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 11/11/2008

Team DHCP wants your feedback!

Is there a particular feature in DHCP (eg. reservations, callout DLL, failover, netsh, ...) that...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 07/11/2008

NAP Enforcement Exemption for Printers and other Network Appliances

Network administrators deploying DHCP NAP on their network often need to create NAP enforcement...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 06/15/2008

Configuring Custom NPS Policies Per DHCP scope

DHCP server administrators deploying DHCP NAP have often queried about provisioning clients on...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 05/28/2008

Script to display ALL the reserved addresses configured on the DHCP server.

The Microsoft DHCP server provides show command to display reserved addresses configured at a...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 04/18/2008

DHCP Server Callout DLL for MAC Address based filtering - MAC Address List File Format

Looking at the problem in configuring Mac Address List File while configuring callout DLL for Mac...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 03/14/2008

Export - Import of DHCPv6 Server Configurations

Export and import commands in netsh helps to export configuration of a local server to a particular...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/07/2008

Heroes Happen {Here}

Unleash the power of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 & SQL Server 2008 and be a {HERO}!...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/14/2008

DHCP Web-Chat Session on Dec 6' 2007!

DHCP enhancements in Windows Vista & Windows Server 2008: NAP enforcement & DHCPv6Join us to...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/04/2007

Reservations in Split Scopes

Split scopes are generally used to provide high-availability in a DHCP Server deployment, so that if...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 10/26/2007

Unable to obtain IP address on Vista machine - Here are steps to debug

  1. Verify output of ipconfig command that it showing at least one interface wired or wireless...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 10/26/2007

Finding Client Info based on MAC address.

There is a DHCP Server management API DhcpGetClientInfo() with which DHCPUser can get the...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 10/26/2007

DHCP Server Callout DLL for MAC Address based filtering

DHCP Server team is excited to announce that the much appreciated and loved feature, MAC Address...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 10/03/2007

Thumb-rule for determining the Ratio in a DHCP Split-Scope Deployment

In a previous post, I had discussed How to use Split-Scopes in DHCP for a Robust Deployment. Some of...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 06/23/2007

How to use Split-Scopes in DHCP for a Robust Deployment

When should you configure Split Scopes in your DHCP deployment?Split-scopes are intended for...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 06/14/2007

Talks with experts

The Following is the link for forum where DHCP Team's Developers, Tester and PM are waiting for you...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 04/30/2007

Upcoming Webchat session (Apr 19' 2007) with Microsoft DHCP Team.

DHCP enhancements in Windows Vista: NAP enforcement and DHCPv6 - Part 2 Description: Join us to...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 04/11/2007

Identify a PXEClient/BootP and assign a shorter lease

This is quite possible & common scenario that PXEClient/BOOTP client and normal Windows Client...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/12/2007

DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation in Windows Vista

In a previous post, I had discussed the DHCPv6 client behaviour in Windows Vista. A few customers...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/09/2007

Configuring lease time

What should be my lease time or How do I select my lease time? This is very common debate that I...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 02/07/2007

DHCPv6 Stateless and Stateful Server in Windows Server 2008

In Windows Server 2008 (WS08), Microsoft has introduced DHCPv6 functionality to the DHCP server. In...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/26/2007

DHCPv6 Behaviour in Windows Vista

Windows Vista introduces support for DHCPv6. The DHCPv6 client implementation in Windows Vista is...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/23/2007

Happy New Year Friends.Here is the forum to discuss about NAP....

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/03/2007

Order of precedence

IPv4:DHCPServer leases IP address to the client in the following order of precedence. Checks for...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 01/02/2007

How to Assign a Dynamic address to A server by making a reservation for the server

Obtain the MAC address of the server's interface for which we want to assign a Fixed DHCP address,...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/12/2006

Talk to Experts directly

VISTA is released :). Now its time to talk to DHCP Experts directly on DHCP enhancements in Windows...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/12/2006

SoH size limitation in DHCP

For all NAP Technical developers, this is to information you all that there is a limitation on SoH...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 12/12/2006

DHCP Configuration FAQ

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Author: teamdhcp Date: 11/29/2006

Chat with Experts directly

Lst of experts:PMs: Paul Mayfield; Kevin Rhodes;Santosh ChandwaniDevs: Shashwat Srivastav; Avinash...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 11/10/2006

When is DHCP NAK issued?

Hi,Recently I saw a lot of queries regarding when the Microsoft DHCP server issues a NAK to DHCP...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 10/26/2006

DHCP Reservation Tool

Reservation Manager - A tool to manage reservationsReservation Manager:Reservations are a critical...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 09/19/2006

Support WebCast: Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows DHCP-NAP deployment issues

Session SummaryThis Support WebCast will explain how to troubleshoot common issues in a DHCP-NAP...

Author: teamdhcp Date: 09/18/2006

Executive Chat on Network Access Protection

The next executive chat is on September 14th. Your help in promoting is greatly appreciated....

Author: teamdhcp Date: 08/30/2006

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