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SMB3 was introduced by Microsoft starting in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Dell Unity storage supports SMB1, SMB2, and SMB3.02. Compared to previous versions, SMB3.02 includes enhancements that can be leveraged by Hyper-V such as continuous availability, multichannel, offload copy, protocol encryption, and shared VHDX support. Figure 36 shows the options that can be configured when creating an SMB share. For more information about SMB3, refer to the Dell Unity: NAS Capabilities white paper, available on the Dell Unity XT Info Hub.