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236 from 15 Mar 2019 to 25 Mar 2026
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2026 2

  1. Rack-Local Reads in Storage Spaces Direct Campus Cluster / Rack Aware Cluster
  2. Using Failover Clustering Cloud Witness with Managed Identity in Windows Server 2025

2025 2

  1. Announcing Support for S2D Campus Cluster on Windows Server 2025
  2. Announcing Support for S2D and SAN Coexistence

2023 1

  1. New Cluster-Wide Control For Virtual Machine Live Migrations In Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI

2021 3

  1. New features of Windows Server 2022 Failover Clustering
  2. Failover Clustering in Azure
  3. Security Settings for Failover Clustering

2020 1

  1. Failover Clustering Networking Basics and Fundamentals

2019 227

  1. Disaster Recovery in the next version of Azure Stack HCI
  2. Talking Failover Clustering and Azure Stack HCI Ignite 2019 Announcements
  3. Windows Server 2019 Failover Clustering New Features
  4. List of Failover Cluster Events in Windows 2016/2019
  5. Optimizing Hyper-V Live Migrations on an Hyperconverged Infrastructure
  6. So what exactly is the CLIUSR account
  7. No such thing as a Heartbeat Network
  8. Windows Server 2016/2019 Cluster Resource / Resource Types
  9. Microsoft Ignite 2018 Clustering Sessions available
  10. Cluster Sets in Windows Server 2019 - Hyperscale for Hyperconverged !!
  11. Scale-Out File Server Improvements in Windows Server 2019
  12. New File Share Witness Feature in Windows Server 2019
  13. Failover Cluster File Share Witness and DFS
  14. How to Switch a Failover Cluster to a New Domain
  15. Container Storage Support with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), SMB Global Mapping
  16. Container Storage Support with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), SMB Global Mapping
  17. Container Storage Support with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), SMB Global Mapping
  18. Deploying IaaS VM Guest Clusters in Microsoft Azure
  19. Failover Clustering Sets for Start Ordering
  20. Failover Clustering @ Ignite 2016
  21. Using PowerShell script make any application highly available
  22. NetFT Virtual Adapter Performance Filter
  23. Speeding Up Failover Tips-n-Tricks
  24. Failover Cluster VM Load Balancing in Windows Server 2016
  25. Troubleshooting Hangs Using Live Dump
  26. Managing Failover Clusters with 5nine Manager
  27. How can we improve the installation and patching of Windows Server? (Survey Request)
  28. Configuring Site Awareness with Multi-active Disaggregated Datacenters
  29. Hyper-converged with Windows Server 2016
  30. Site-aware Failover Clusters in Windows Server 2016
  31. Workgroup and Multi-domain clusters in Windows Server 2016
  32. Cluster Shared Volume - A Systematic Approach to Finding Bottlenecks
  33. Virtual Machine Compute Resiliency in Windows Server 2016
  34. Microsoft Virtual Academy – Learn Failover Clustering & Hyper-V
  35. Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
  36. Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster Troubleshooting Enhancements - Active Dump
  37. Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster Troubleshooting Enhancements - Cluster Log
  38. Invitation: Provide feedback, comments, and vote on Cluster UserVoice page
  39. Failover Clustering Sessions @ Ignite 2015 in Chicago
  40. Troubleshooting Cluster Shared Volume Recovery Failure - System Event 5142
  41. Troubleshooting Cluster Shared Volume Auto-Pauses - Event 5120
  42. vNext Failover Clustering in Windows Server Technical Preview
  43. Cluster Shared Volume Failure Handling
  44. Symantec ApplicationHA for Hyper-V
  45. Planning Failover Cluster Node Sizing
  46. Cluster Shared Volume Performance Counters
  47. Sessions at TechEd Houston 2014 from the Cluster team
  48. Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
  49. Configuring a File Share Witness on a Scale-Out File Server
  50. Failover Clustering and IPv6 in Windows Server 2012 R2
  51. Cluster Shared Volume Diagnostics
  52. Event ID 5120 in System Event Log
  53. How to Run ChkDsk and Defrag on Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012 R2
  54. Understanding the Repair Active Directory Object Recovery Action
  55. Understanding the state of your Cluster Shared Volumes
  56. Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
  57. Decoding Bugcheck 0x0000009E
  58. Server Virtualization w/ Windows Server Hyper-V & System Center Jump Start
  59. Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Recovery from Network Disconnects
  60. How to Properly Shutdown a Failover Cluster or a Node
  61. How to Enable CSV Cache
  62. Failover Clustering Sessions @ TechEd 2013
  63. Validate Storage Spaces Persistent Reservation Test Results with Warning
  64. Optimizing CSV Backup Performance
  65. MSMQ Errors in the Cluster.log
  66. Configuring How VMs Are Moved when a Node is Drained
  67. Understanding how Failover Clustering Recovers from Unresponsive Resources
  68. How to Setup a Failover Cluster in a RODC Environment
  69. Tuning Failover Cluster Network Thresholds
  70. BUILD 2012: Designing applications for highly-availability with Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering
  71. VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012 – Frequently Asked Questions
  72. How to Configure BitLocker Encrypted Clustered Disks in Windows Server 2012
  73. How to Move Highly Available (Clustered) VMs to Windows Server 2012 with the Cluster Migration Wizard
  74. Failover Cluster Sessions at TechEd Orlando 2012 and TechEd Amsterdam 2012
  75. How to Configure a Clustered Storage Space in Windows Server 2012
  76. How to Configure Clustered Tasks with Windows Server Failover Clustering
  77. How to Troubleshoot Create Cluster Failures
  78. Creating a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
  79. Windows Server 2012 Storage Migration for Cluster Managed Virtual Machines
  80. How to configure VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012
  81. How to Configure an Alias for a Clustered SMB Share with Windows Server 2012
  82. Installing the Failover Cluster Feature and Tools in Windows Server 2012
  83. How to add storage to Clustered Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012
  84. Draining Nodes for Planned Maintenance with Windows Server 2012
  85. How to Create a Cluster in a Restrictive Active Directory Environment
  86. How to Enable Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing PowerShell Help on Windows Server 2012
  87. Welcome to Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering
  88. Free Private Cloud Training: Are you ready for the Microsoft Private Cloud?
  89. Free Online Training: Understanding Microsoft's High-Availability Solutions
  90. Free Clustering & HA Training for Hyper-V & Private Cloud
  91. Configuring IP Addresses and Dependencies for Multi-Subnet Clusters - Part III
  92. Identifying Stale Cluster Computer Objects
  93. Announcement: Upcoming Cluster & Hyper-V Training for User Groups
  94. Validating a Cluster with Zero Downtime
  95. Understanding Software Options for your Datacenter Infrastructure
  96. Configuring Network Prioritization on a Failover Cluster
  97. Managing Hardware Snapshots on Failover Clusters
  98. Follow the Cluster Blog on your Windows 7 phone
  99. Understanding Quorum in a Failover Cluster
  100. Announcing Microsoft Virtualization Jump Start Training Videos!
  101. Microsoft Virtualization for VMWare Professionals – Free Online Classes - March 29-31
  102. Configuring IP Addresses and Dependencies for Multi-Subnet Clusters - Part II
  103. Configuring IP Addresses and Dependencies for Multi-Subnet Clusters
  104. Understanding Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM) Failover Policies
  105. Clustered File Servers and the Remote Volume Management Firewall Setting
  106. Changing Clustered IP Addresses & Configuring a DHCP or WINS Cluster
  107. Trouble Connecting to Cluster Nodes? Check WMI!
  108. Evaluating High-Availability (HA) vs. Fault Tolerant (FT) Solutions
  109. Recommended Partner Blog Posts: Mapping Cluster.exe to PowerShell, PowerShell for iSCSI & Storage Server 2008 R2 RTM!
  110. What is new for NLB in Windows Server 2008R2?
  111. Creating a Cluster Resource DLL (Part 5): Logs
  112. Creating a Cluster Resource DLL (Part 4): IsAlive & LooksAlive
  113. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Find Clusters in a Domain
  114. Guest Failover Clustering with VMware
  115. FAQ Week for NLB: Friday
  116. FAQ Week for NLB: Thursday
  117. FAQ Week for NLB: Wednesday
  118. FAQ Week for NLB: Tuesday
  119. FAQ Week for NLB: Monday
  120. Working with Private Properties using Cluster WMI
  121. Scripting with Failover Clustering File Share Scopes
  122. Deploying Network Load Balancing (NLB) and Virtual Machines on Windows Server 2008 R2
  123. Virtual Machine Density Flexibility in Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering
  124. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Webcast Follow up
  125. New Clustering Utility – Remote Desktop Connection Manager
  126. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: CSV Free Disk Space (and other info)
  127. Introduction to the Cluster Quorum Model (Part 2)
  128. Clustering & High-Availability at TechEd 2010
  129. Introduction to the Cluster Quorum Model
  130. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Understanding Error Codes
  131. Creating a Cluster Resource DLL (Part 3)
  132. Upcoming Webcasts: Clustering & High-Availability
  133. Migration: Using the Cluster 'Migrated' Registry Key
  134. Creating a Cluster Resource DLL (Part 2)
  135. Troubleshooting: Cluster UI Says a Server is Already Joined to a Cluster
  136. Creating a Cluster Resource DLL (Part 1)
  137. Have a Passion for High-Availability? We are looking for new Cluster MVPs!
  138. New Validation Tests in 2008 R2 Failover Clustering
  139. New Cluster Docs for Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) & Migration
  140. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Creating Highly Available Workloads
  141. Network Load Balancing in R2: Using ETW Tracing
  142. networkloadbalancing-core-diagnostic.events.man
  143. Dynamic Disks with Windows Server Failover Clustering
  144. Copying VHDs onto a CSV Disk? Use the Coordinator Node!
  145. Installing Network Load Balancing (NLB) on Windows Server 2008 R2
  146. PowerShell for NLB: Common Scenarios
  147. PowerShell Help Online & Management Pack Updates for Failover Clustering & NLB
  148. Failover Clustering Performance Counters – Part 4 – Command Line
  149. Microsoft Site Recovery Solutions Featuring Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering
  150. ClusPerf.cmd
  151. PowerShell for NLB: Part 1: Getting Started
  152. Failover Clustering Performance Counters – Part 3 – Examples
  153. Network Load Balancing in R2: Extended Affinity
  154. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Finding the Drive Letter
  155. Clustered Hyper-V Upgrades from Server 2008 to Server 2008 R2
  156. Failover Clustering Performance Counters - Part 2
  157. Creating and Configuring a Generic Script Resource
  158. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Let’s Rename a Few Things
  159. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Changing Values of a Cluster Object
  160. Failover Clustering Performance Counters - Part 1
  161. Failover Clustering Upgrade Path from WS08 R2 RC to WS08 R2 RTM
  162. Failover Clustering & NLB Documents and Resources
  163. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Read-Only Cluster Access
  164. Resource Group Management Enhancements in 2008 R2 Failover Clustering – Part 2
  165. Resource Group Management Enhancements in 2008 R2 Failover Clustering – Part 1
  166. Failover Clustering WMI Provider Impersonation Limitations
  167. Failover Clusters, Performance Counters, and PowerShell
  168. DNS Registration with the Network Name Resource
  169. VM Scale with Clustering: Physical Memory Reservations
  170. What is RHS and what does it do?
  171. PowerShell Remoting and the “Double-Hop” Problem
  172. Rolling Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 SP2 Failover Clustering
  173. Creating and Configuring a Generic Service Resource
  174. Deploying IIS on a Failover Cluster
  175. High-Availability Education from Hyper-V and Exchange
  176. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Frequently Asked Questions & Enabling CSV
  177. PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Getting Started
  178. Cluster Resources
  179. Cluster Validation: Missing hotfixes display only the GUID
  180. EnumPatchesReg.vbs
  181. NLB Management Pack for SCOM 2007 Released
  182. R2: Clustering Resources for Windows Server 2008 R2
  183. Creating and Configuring a Generic Application Resource
  184. Clustering Webcasts for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Cluster Beginners
  185. Network Load Balancing (NLB) and Virtual Machines
  186. Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV): Disk Ownership
  187. What the heck is PlumbAllCrossSubnetRoutes?
  188. Deploying Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering
  189. Starting your cluster nodes in Windows Server 2008
  190. Clustering Docs, Blogs & Webcasts
  191. PowerShell for Network Load Balancing (NLB) in Windows Server 2008 R2
  192. PowerShell for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2
  193. Clustering and HA Resources
  194. Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2
  195. Preferred Owners in a Cluster
  196. Clustering Videos on the Web
  197. Updates for Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster and Hyper-V
  198. Virtualization: Achieving High Availability for Hyper-V
  199. How to create the cluster.log in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
  200. Share Subdirectories, Where Hast Thou Gone?
  201. Migration Options for Hardware with Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008
  202. What happens when one of my Active Directory Objects gets Deleted?
  203. Answer to Homework: Which identity needs access to a file share for the File Share Witness?
  204. What happened to the Cluster Service Account?
  205. Cluster Validate Error for Duplicate IP Addresses? Teredo may be the Culprit!
  206. New Whitepaper: Failover Clustering with AD Certificate Services in Server 2008
  207. Introducing NLB Application Health Awareness!
  208. Failover Clustering with Hyper-V – Deployment Options
  209. What’s new in Failover Clustering in 2008? . . . What isn’t new!
  210. Announcing the Failover Clustering Information Portal
  211. New clustering documents: AD, HyperV, Core and more!
  212. Official Microsoft Curriculum: Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 Clustering
  213. Windows Server 2008 Clustering Documents, Whitepapers, Webcasts, Groups
  214. Adding Disk to Cluster
  215. How are you planning to upgrade your NLB clusters to W2K8?
  216. How do YOU use NLB?
  217. New Blog from a Clustering MVP
  218. IT Manager Webcast: Delivering High Availability to Your Infrastructure (Level 100)
  219. Cluster Resource Dependency Expressions
  220. Backing up and Recovering the Failover Cluster Configuration Database
  221. Creating a Cluster in Windows Server 2008
  222. Clustering Partner Blogs
  223. Failover Clustering - January Events
  224. Installing Network Load Balancing (NLB) on Windows Server 2008
  225. Creating a Cluster with WMI
  226. Welcome to the Clustering Team Blog!
  227. Clustering Blog is restarting!!!