Editing Server Message Block (section)

=== SMB 3.0 ===
SMB 3.0 (previously named SMB 2.2)<ref name="smb3">{{cite web|url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2012/04/19/smb-2-2-is-now-smb-3-0/|work=Windows Server Blog|title=SMB 2.2 is now SMB 3.0|author=Jeffrey Snover|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708211728/https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2012/04/19/smb-2-2-is-now-smb-3-0/|url-status=live}}</ref> was introduced with [[Windows 8]]<ref name="smb3"/> and [[Windows Server 2012]].<ref name="smb3"/> It brought several significant changes that are intended to add functionality and improve SMB2 performance,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chelsio.com/chelsio-to-demonstrate-40g-smb-direct-rdma-over-ethernet-for-windows-server-2012/ | title=40G SMB Direct | author=Chelsio Communications | date=2 April 2013 | access-date=June 18, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907065805/http://www.chelsio.com/chelsio-to-demonstrate-40g-smb-direct-rdma-over-ethernet-for-windows-server-2012/ | archive-date=September 7, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> notably in virtualized [[data center]]s:
* the SMB Direct Protocol (SMB over [[remote direct memory access]] [RDMA])
* SMB Multichannel (multiple connections per SMB session),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eiseverywhere.com/file_uploads/b4f7436c4bc86fe545abe9fc042d4a7f_JoseBarreto_SMB3_Remote_File_Protocol_revision.pdf | title=SNIA Tutorial on the SMB Protocol | author=Jose Barreto | date=October 19, 2012 | access-date=November 28, 2012 | publisher=[[Storage Networking Industry Association]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603133014/https://www.eiseverywhere.com/file_uploads/b4f7436c4bc86fe545abe9fc042d4a7f_JoseBarreto_SMB3_Remote_File_Protocol_revision.pdf | archive-date=June 3, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files2/SDC2011/presentations/keynote/ThomasPfenning_The_Future_of_File_Protocols-final.pdf | title=The Future of File Protocols: SMB 2.2 in the Datacenter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720020805/http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files2/SDC2011/presentations/keynote/ThomasPfenning_The_Future_of_File_Protocols-final.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-20 | author=Thomas Pfenning }}</ref>
* SMB Transparent Failover<ref>{{cite web | url = https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/clausjor/2012/06/07/smb-transparent-failover-making-file-shares-continuously-available/ | title = SMB Transparent Failover – making file shares continuously available | date = 2012-06-07 | first = Claus | last = Joergensen | work = Microsoft TechNet | access-date = February 1, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190111144942/https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/clausjor/2012/06/07/smb-transparent-failover-making-file-shares-continuously-available/ | archive-date = January 11, 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2012/new-ways-enable-high-availability-file-shares | title = New Ways to Enable High Availability for File Shares | date = 2012-08-21 | first = John | last = Savill | work = Windows IT Pro | access-date = February 1, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161127102639/http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2012/new-ways-enable-high-availability-file-shares | archive-date = November 27, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>

It also introduces several security enhancements, such as [[end-to-end encryption]] and a new [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] based signing algorithm.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn551363.aspx | title=SMB Security Enhancements | publisher=Microsoft Technet | date=January 15, 2014 | access-date=June 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009101031/http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn551363.aspx | archive-date=October 9, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/josebda/2013/05/05/updated-links-on-windows-server-2012-file-server-and-smb-3-0/|title=Updated Links on Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0|author=Jose Barreto|date=May 5, 2013|publisher=[[Microsoft TechNet]] Server & Management Blogs|access-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070533/https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/josebda/2013/05/05/updated-links-on-windows-server-2012-file-server-and-smb-3-0/|archive-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>