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ConfigMas 2019
2Pint Software Happy ConfigMas. We partnered with FWSMUG user group to bring you a month long celebration of all things Microsoft Endpoint Manager. During the month we will cover topics like new...
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BranchCache Operation Explained
2Pint Software We are always trying to simplify the anatomy of a BranchCache job so that IT pros can implement it with confidence knowing how it works. A picture is worth a thousand words, but...
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The 12 BranchCache tips of ConfigMas
2Pint Software The 12 BranchCache tips of ConfigMas Enable data deduplication on your content library. Dedup precalculates the hash (no hash = no P2P). Also means that you’ll get dedup savings over the...
View ArticlePlanning for BranchCache
2Pint Software In a ConfigMgr environment, when planning on removing remote distribution and replace them with BranchCache, there are quite many things to consider. For example, not all networks are...
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Testing Multiple Subnets for BranchCache support
2Pint Software Testing Multiple Subnets for BranchCache support This post is for testing if your network is correctly configured for BranchCache. Now, if you are already using our StifleR product, it’s...
View ArticleStifleR Server 2.5.7 Release Notes
2Pint Software Please find the list of changes: ID Item Type Title 190 Bug LEDBATTargetBandwidth gets added to existing TargetBandwidth 192 Bug Subnet Dashboard not updating Target Bandwidth 231 Bug...
View ArticleStifleR Server 2.5.8.3 & Client 2.3.4 release notes
2Pint Software Please find the list of changes in 2.5.8.3 ID Work Item Type Title 237 Bug Clicking on the Task Sequence ID in the Task Sequence List throws back to the Main Splash page 300 Bug OSD...
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Troubleshooting BranchCache For ConfigMgr Environments
2Pint Software Troubleshooting BranchCache For ConfigMgr Environments Here follows a few techniques you can use to troubleshoot, and verify, BranchCache functionality in a ConfigMgr environment. But,...
View ArticleStifleR 2.6.0 Release information
2Pint Software The StifleR 2.6.0 release is a major release towards an updated UI and a reworked networking layer. Minor changes on the client. List of client changes: ID Work Item Type Area Path Title...
View ArticleStifleR 2.6.1 Release information
2Pint Software The 2.6.1 release is the last release (apart from bug fixes) that uses the old Networking models. New releases will use the new Network Topology design. List of Client Changes: 415 Bug...
View ArticleBCMon 1.3
2Pint Software Release, get your version here: https://2pintsoftware.com/products/branchcache-monitor/ This tool supports several new command line options, listed below is the full list of switches:...
View ArticleDelivery Optimization Download Mode Explained
2Pint Software Quick Friday tutorial! Seems there’s a lot of confusion over the various ‘Download Mode’ settings in Delivery Optimization Group Policy. This the more detailed version of the settings...
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Use Powershell to DeDupe everything on a volume right now!
2Pint Software Another Friday QuickScript.. We’ve been testing BranchCache with DeDupe a LOT over the last couple of weeks, and if you absolutely, positively got to dedupe every mother!*?$%£& file...
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Simple Powershell Script To Control Boots from Separate ConfigMgr Servers
2Pint Software This is a simple Little script used to demonstrate how easy it is to script and play around with advanced feature in the iPXE Anywhere web service. Basically we have two separate primary...
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Good questions about BranchCache hashing and caching
2Pint Software So over the weekend, there were some good questions from my coworker Ami’s husband, so I thought I would publish them in a kinda FAQ/rant way, hoping that it will benefit more people to...
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Using BranchCache for MP Traffic Offloading in ConfigMgr Current Branch
2Pint Software You should, by now, have realised that here at 2Pint we quite like the efficiency that the Microsoft Peer-to-Peer ecosystem brings to ConfigMgr Land. So it’s always nice when you find...
View ArticleBranchCache and CISCO Traffic Storm Control
2Pint Software BranchCache multicast traffic can trigger CISCO Traffic Storm Control – here’s the juice! Talking to a ConfigMgr admin who has implemented BranchCache the other day – and they were...
View ArticleWhat is Teredo and why is it in my Delivery Optimization soup?
2Pint Software So what has Delivery Optimization to do with Teredo? Unlike technologies such as BranchCache which utilizes multicast messages with a TTL of 1 to find machines with requested data,...
View ArticleBranchCache & DeDuplication
2Pint Software As some of you might be aware, there’s been a lot of banter on Twitter on BranchCache around its de-duplication (de-dupe) feature. So since dear old friend Johan Arwidmark asked me to...
View ArticleiPXE troubleshooting session #2 debrief
2Pint Software iPXE troubleshooting session #2 debrief Just finished up a two day troubleshooting session in Cambridge. Awesome as always! So what did we fixes where we aiming to sort out this time:...
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