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BranchCache Step by Step Guides

Wed, 26 May 2010 15:57:32 +0000

These two BranchCache Step by Step guides provide practical guidance for setting up BranchCache in Distributed or Hosted Cache Mode within a test network.

Download the BranchCache Hosted Cache Mode Step by Step Guide here
Download BranchCache Distributed Cache Mode Step by Step Guide here

Windows7 BranchCache test results

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:19:59 +0000

Back in April I was playing with BranchCache in my home lab environment to get an idea about how things are supposed to work but simulating a real world WAN network isn’t that easy, unless you have access to some expensive software or you can simulate a network on a Linux box, but unfortunately my knowledge with Linux is near zero. So to see how BranchCache really works out in a real environment, I asked a colleague to setup a Windows 2008-R2 system with BranchCache enabled within a remote location that could be accessed through our corporate WAN. Once that system was setup BranchCache configuration was applied and Group Policies were prepared, as described within the BranchCache Early Adopter’s Guide.

DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:25:26 +0000

Microsoft published a Technical Overview document that covers the functional and architectural aspects of DirectAccess, a technology introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to enable mobile workers to seamlessly connect to enterprise network resources when connected to the Internet.

Download the document here

An Executive overview document is also available here