IPv6 Blog
News and comments from the IPv6 product team at Microsoft.
Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition is published!
After four and a half years of waiting, I am both proud (and relieved) to announce the publication...
Date: 07/13/2012
Get your hands on it with the IPv6 Test Lab Guide and extensions
If you are just starting to learn about IPv6 and want to get your hands on it, try the Test Lab...
Date: 06/03/2011
World IPv6 Day and Windows
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), the international body responsible for distributing...
Date: 05/20/2011
MS Enterprise IPv6 Deployment TechNet Webcast available
Take a look at the MS Enterprise IPv6 Deployment TechNet Webcast for information about the...
Date: 03/30/2011
New dedicated IPv6 TechNet Forum!
The new IPv6 TechNet Forum (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/ipv6/threads) provides...
Date: 12/20/2010
IPv6 Survival Guide in the TechNet Wiki now available
The new IPv6 Survival Guide...
Date: 12/07/2010
IPv6 Learning Roadmap now available
The IPv6 Learning Roadmap provides an organized and sequential list of Web and print resources that...
Date: 11/02/2010
Windows 7 passes Phase-2 testing and is IPv6 Ready
The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory has certified Windows 7 as IPv6 Ready,...
Date: 10/19/2010
US Federal Directive to Support IPv6
Vivek Kundra, the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), issued a directive on September 28 to...
Date: 09/30/2010
Don’t fall behind, start your IPv6 planning now
A recent survey by the Number Resource Organization (NRO) of over 1,500 network operators found that...
Date: 09/22/2010
Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit presentations available online
The presentations in PDF form for the recently-concluded Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit are now...
Date: 06/14/2010
New DirectAccess deployment resources published
For DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2: · Windows 2008 R2 Direct Access Server Management Pack...
Date: 03/01/2010
NIST “Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6” Special Publication is available for public comment
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now offering a draft of the Special...
Date: 02/26/2010
Available public IPv4 address space passes ominous milestone
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) announced that the percentage of available public IPv4...
Date: 01/22/2010
New documentation is available for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)
For DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2: · Step By Step Guide: Troubleshoot DirectAccess in a...
Date: 01/12/2010
New and updated DirectAccess documentation is now available
The following new documentation resources for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2 are now...
Date: 12/11/2009
IPv6 considered for the Smart Grid
The Smart Grid, a modernization and automation of the United States power grid, will potentially...
Date: 11/02/2009
New DirectAccess documentation is now available
The following new documentation resources for DirectAccess are now available: · DirectAccess...
Date: 10/27/2009
DirectAccess Design Guide is now available
The DirectAccess Design Guide is now available and published in the following locations: · As Web...
Date: 08/31/2009
Great advice on finding and using an IPv6-capable ISP
For those of you investigating what it takes to get your organization connected to the IPv6...
Date: 08/13/2009
DirectAccess Early Adopter's Guide for Windows Server 2008 RC is available
The DirectAccess Early Adopter's Guide, updated for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC),...
Date: 07/23/2009
New ARIN CEO stresses the IPv4 address depletion problem and the importance of migrating to IPv6
Network World interviews John Curran, the new president and CEO of the American Registry for...
Date: 07/10/2009
Cable Guy article on the IPv6 enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 now available
The Cable Guy article in the July 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine online, titled “Support for IPv6 in...
Date: 07/01/2009
Major carriers ramping up support for IPv6
Check out these recent articles in Network World that describe how major carriers for Internet...
Date: 06/19/2009
More New Technical Resources for DirectAccess
Check out these new technical resources for DirectAccess, the next-generation remote access feature...
Date: 06/09/2009
New Technical Resources for DirectAccess
Check out these new technical resources for DirectAccess, the next-generation remote access feature...
Date: 05/18/2009
"The Seven Stages of IPv6 Adoption" audiocast from the Internet Society (ISOC) now available
On Tuesday, "a panel of experts from industry and other Internet thought leaders discussed the...
Date: 03/25/2009
Promoting IPv6 cited as one of the top five Internet emergencies for new U.S. Commerce Secretary
Network World Magazine recently reported on the top five Internet emergencies faced by the new U.S....
Date: 03/13/2009
Windows Server 2008 Earns IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2
We recently announced that Windows Vista received its IPv6 Ready logo from the IPv6 Consortium and...
Date: 01/24/2008
Understanding IPv6, Second Edition
Joe Davies, a.k.a. "The Cable Guy", has completed the update to his excellent "Understanding IPv6"...
Date: 01/24/2008
Teredo in Windows Vista: Designed with security in mind
I am pleased to present Christian Huitema as a "guest blogger" today. Thanks for...
Date: 12/14/2007
Windows Vista Earns IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2
On October 25, 2007, Windows Vista earned the IPv6 Forum’s IPv6 Ready Phase 2 Logo from the...
Date: 11/13/2007
Disabling IPv6 Doesn't Help
Hola. Bonjour. Speaking a second language can be very helpful – it allows you to communicate...
Date: 11/08/2007
Exchange Server 2007 and IPv6
Exchange 2007 and IPv6 compliance; this is a topic that comes up quite often. People want to...
Date: 09/19/2007
Vista and IPv6 = Problems?
I have been asked a lot recently if Vista works okay with IPv6. Apparently some people are hearing...
Date: 06/12/2007
Mythbusters #2: Stanford has more IP addresses than China
Let's tackle our second myth. There is a factoid on the Internet that some American universities...
Date: 05/14/2007
I can do that in IPv4!
One of the comments that I hear a lot (and I am sure to receive on this site) is "But I don't need...
Date: 05/10/2007
Mobile IPv6 and Vista
As a host moves around, it may be assigned different IP addresses based on its location. When this...
Date: 05/08/2007
Mythbusters #1: No one is using IPv6 [UPDATED]
Hmm, let's bust this myth with a quick experiment. You can all take part. In order to be a valid...
Date: 05/06/2007
Speaking Engagements
My name is Sean Siler, and I am the Program Manager responsible helping Microsoft’s customers...
Date: 05/06/2007
Hello World!
Hello. My name is Sean Siler, and I am one of the three IPv6 Program Managers at Microsoft. I am...
Date: 05/06/2007