What is Hyper-V over SMB use case?
Earlier Microsoft only offered block-based shared-storage like FC or iSCSI, which is a complex, expensive and limiting option. SMB 3.0 protocol gives a new and better way to store Hyper-V Virtual Machine on a shared storage. In this use case, Hyper-V
Why SMB 3.0
For most Microsoft shops you need SMB3 if you want to use Hyper-V SMB 3.0 also introduces several security enhancements, such as end-to-end encryption and a new AES based signing algorithm. Amongst the various new features available in SMB3 that enable enterprise
Ryussi Technologies and Microsoft announce new partnership in business and technology solutions
REDMOND, Wash., and PUNE, India — July 21, 2016 — On Thursday, Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC and Ryussi Technologies Private Ltd. announced a new partnership in business and technology solutions covering Microsoft’s File Access Server Protocols for the enterprise data storage
History of SMB
SMB was originally created by IBM and was used by Microsoft in its LAN Manager product during the mid-1990s. SMB 1.0 was renamed CIFS (Common Internet File System) and Microsoft submitted some partial specifications to IETF as drafts, though these