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SMB Compression

An SMB feature that compresses data during transfer to reduce the amount sent over the network.

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SMB Direct

An SMB extension that uses RDMA for low-latency, high-throughput transfers with low CPU usage.

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SMB Witness

An SMB mechanism that lets a client quickly receive notifications about server state for a clustered file service.

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Storage Spaces

The Windows storage virtualization layer that groups physical disks into pools and exposes resilient virtual disks.

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Transitive Trust

A trust relationship whose scope can extend transitively to other domains along a trust path.

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Two-Way Trust

An Active Directory trust relationship that combines reciprocal trust in both directions.

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Up-to-Dateness Vector

An Active Directory metadata vector that records, for each change origin, the highest USN already known by a domain controller.

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Windows Admin Center

A Microsoft web console for remotely managing Windows servers, clusters, Hyper-V, and PCs without relying on an RDP session.

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Windows Server Core

A Windows Server installation option with minimal graphical interface, administered mainly remotely or from the command line.

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Work Folders

A Windows Server feature for synchronizing business files between a file server and a user's devices.

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