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Disabling 8.3 filename creation has been a recommendation in the Best Practices Analyser since Server 2008. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/…/ff633453(v=ws.10)?red…

I had a GPO to disable it corp wide back then and didn’t have any reports of issues.

Edited⁨Oct⁩ ⁨6⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨11:44⁩

Disabling 8.3 filename creation has been a recommendation in the Best Practices Analyser since at least Server 2012, and possibly 2008R2.

I had a GPO to disable it corp wide back then and didn’t have any reports of issues.

Original⁨Oct⁩ ⁨6⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨11:43⁩

Disabling 8.3 filename creation has been a recommendation in the Best Practices Analyser since at least Server 2012, and possibly 2008R2.