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NIC Teaming is a great new feature in Windows Server 2012. NIC Teaming allows you to group multiple Ethernet network adapters into one virtual network adapter. You can have upto 32 Ethernet network adapters in a team. NIC Teaming provides fast performance and fault tolerance in the event of a network adapter failure.
Creating a NIC team is an easy process, please follow the steps below.
Step 1: Go to your Server Manager Console and then click on Local Server.
Step 2: By default NIC Teaming is Disabled, click disabled to enable NIC Teaming
Step 3: In the NIC Teaming configuration page, click on “TASKS” and then click on “New Team”.
Step 4: In the “New Team” configuration page, specify the team name and select the network adapter that you want to include in the NIC Teaming.
Step 5: Under “Additional properties,” you can configure the options such as Teaming Mode, Load Balancing mode and Standby adapter.
Step 6: Click on OK once you are done configuring the different options
Step 7: The newly created teamed adapter will be available in the “Network Connections”