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This article is about how to build a file server in Windows Server 2012. I think it is very practical, so I share it with you. I hope you can get something after reading this article. Let's take a look at it with the editor.

File server is one of the most widely used servers in the enterprise, and it is mainly used to provide file sharing.

Let's build it step by step.

1. Open the Windows server management panel and choose to add roles and features

When it comes to the server role, select the file server and file server explorer

Next step to the installation, waiting for the installation to complete, which may need to be restarted

After installation, there will be a file and storage service in the server management interface.

Open File and Storage Services-sharing-Click to create a file share, start the New share Wizard

Five ways to share:

SMB sharing-Fast

The simplest way, similar to simple sharing and similar to the public directory, is that everyone has full control

SMB sharing-Advanced

Here, you can set the corresponding file types and quota limits. Here, let's talk about the file types and quota restrictions.

File types: file types this function is a new feature of Windows Server 2012, the main purpose is to automatically or manually classify according to different file types. We will explain it in detail later.

Quota limit: in Windows Server 2003, the quota limit can only be for disk, while the quota limit for Windows Server 2012 R2 can be for both folder and disk.

SMB sharing-Application

In fact, in my opinion, this function is specially developed for Hyper-V. If you use a file server as storage, and then all the Hyper-V virtual machine systems are stored on the file server, it is also a good choice to make a load and redundancy.

NFS sharing-Fast, NFS sharing-Advanced

It is mainly used for the shared use of Linux servers, and we will not elaborate here.

Choose SMB sharing here-Advanced

Select the folder this server wants to share:

Enter the name of the shared folder

Function description:

Enable access-based enumeration:

To put it simply, if user A can only access the A directory, he will not see the B directory under the share and will not be prompted to click on the B directory without access rights, thus enhancing the user experience and strengthening the security of the file server.

Allow shared cache:

There are two modes: distributed cache mode and managed cache mode. The former is mainly used in offices and other places without servers, while the latter is mainly used in branch offices to centrally manage all cached file information.

Encrypted data access:

During the transfer of shared files, the data will be encrypted to improve the security of data transmission. (unchecked for WIN7 system is recommended)

We all check here.

Permission settings-Click Custom permissions

We first disable inheritance, and then add the user rights we want to set.

Add permission

Select the main body

Select the permission to be given. What I am giving here is full control, which is directly given to the IT Support group.

One thing to note here: when configuring permissions, you must configure a user / group with full control. Otherwise, the later creation of the SMB will fail.

Don't forget to enable inheritance.

Check the following information to continue

Do not apply the quota, we will allocate it later. Next step

If the creation is successful, you will be prompted as follows:

Back to the management interface, we can see the basic information of the shared disk:

Set the permission properties of the shared folder:

The above is how to build a file server in Windows Server 2012. The editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.

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