The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look. The File Replication service (FRS ...

The Sensitive Information File Server (sometimes referred to as "encrypted network drive," or "encrypted shared drive") can be used by groups to store and collaborate on active folders and files that ...

If you want to enable indexing on a Windows file server, you will need to start by installing the Windows Search Service. To do so, open Server Manager and then choose the Add Roles and Features ...

The days of meeting with associates or clients in order to exchange business documents on a USB drive are long gone. Instead, you can upload your files to a file hosting service online, and have ...

With so many services like iCloud and Dropbox getting hacked these days, it's no surprise that more people want to pull their data off the cloud. Instead of missing out on those great syncing features ...

At its AWS Summit in San Francisco, Amazon today announced the launch of the Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), a new storage service that provides a common file system for multiple EC2 virtual ...

For all the talk about a “post-PC” world, most people use smartphones or tablets as an addition to their existing technological arsenal, rather than a replacement for a standard laptop or desktop. In ...

So, this seems to be happening more regularly - Basically, I check the health of the WFCS cluster, and on the CSV, the server is telling me I need to run CHKDSK to repair some volume errors. Why does ...