Category: Windows Server

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Solving terrible performance in application using folders with high filecount

Posted on by Geir Dybbugt

Recently I was troubleshooting terrible application Performance for a windows application.
This application is using files and directories located on a file server.
The file server OS was Windows server 2016 and the clients are Windows Server 2019 Citrix terminal servers.

The application uses seperate client folders containing files pr client, with alot of files inside the various folders – some more than others.
In this specific there were tens of thousands of files in some client folders.
Performance on the application was intermittently slow, and it could take upto 15 minutes to switch between one client and another inside the application Read on to get the solution

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Manageability – Part 1: Naming Conventions

Posted on by Geir Dybbugt

When it comes to managing anything within IT, it will always be a good thing to keep things organized, in one way or another. You should also make sure that the way you organize things, is made understandable for others as well (maybe you share the responsibility of management with a group, or may do so in the future).
Make it a habit to creating an organizational model that others can jump in or out of over time, that is logical and understandable by others than yourself. Document the logic/model that is defined, and make sure not to deviate from the actual definition as time goes by.

Microsoft Server 2019: No window border/allwhite issue

Posted on by Geir Dybbugt

In windows server 2019 and windows 10. There is an issue in the RDS world where the windows overlapping each other appears to have no border (its all white) Making it hard to distinguish the various windows from each other. This can be fixed with the steps in this post.

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