Microsoft recently highlighted some tools that IT pros can use to detect if Server Message Block version 1 (SMB 1) is being used in a network. The need to check for SMB 1 use is perhaps amplified by a ...

Microsoft's position on Server Message Block version 1 (SMB 1) in Windows systems is that organizations should just get rid of it. Essentially, the 30-year-old SMB 1 protocol permits man-in-the-middle ...

Microsoft wants to kill the use of Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 by pleading to customers to stop using it. The SMB protocol works with server and client operating systems, enabling actions ...

I have all the appropriate permissions, because if I click on the server and drill down into any of these 3 shares, I can always read/write the contents, any time, without fail. The problem is with ...

These latest operating systems from Microsoft support SMB version 2.1 (also known as the 2.1 “dialect”). In addition to the performance enhancement features I mentioned already in connection with SMB ...

If you want to enable or disable SMBv2 on your Windows 11/10 device then this guide will help you do so. But before that, let’s have a brief introduction about this application; however, if you are ...