MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
Configuration
Chapter 7
Configuring File Services in
Windows Server 2008
Objectives
• Discuss File Services in Windows Server 2008
• Install the Distributed File System in Windows
Server 2008
• Discuss and create shared file resources in
Windows Server 2008
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Introduction to File Services
• Functions of the Windows Server 2008 File
Services role
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File Server
Distributed File System
File Server Resource Manager
Services for Network File System
Windows Server 2003 File Services
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Installing the File Server Role
• File Server role
– Install by activating File Services if necessary
– Role services, and other features can be installed
through the graphical user interface (GUI)
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Installing the File Server Role
(continued)
• Activity 7-1: Installing the File Server Role
• Time Required: 5 minutes
• Objective: Install the File Server role to implement
Windows 2008 Server File Services
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File and Folder Sharing
• Sharing creates
– A network access point for clients to access data
across the network
• Clients use
– Server Message Block (SMB) connections to access
shared resources
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Public and Standard Sharing
• Public folder sharing
– Allows users to share files with all the users logged
on locally or on the network, if that feature is enabled
– Public folders are located in the
• %systemdrive%\Users\Public directory
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Public and Standard Sharing
(continued)
• Activity 7-2: Using Public Folder Sharing
• Time Required: 10 minutes.
• Objective: Learn how to use public folder sharing
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Public and Standard Sharing
(continued)
• Standard file sharing
– Makes files and folders accessible from a network
location
– NTFS
• The preferred format in Windows Server 2008
• Shares on FAT32 volumes can only use share
permissions
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Access Control
• Share-level permissions
– Defined at the shared resource level
– Allow clients access to a network share
– Apply only when a file or folder is being accessed via
the network
– Do not apply to a user logged into the machine
locally
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Access Control (continued)
• Default and administrative shares
– Administrative shares can be identified by name
because they always end with a dollar sign ($)
– Default shares include:
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Drive Letter Shares
Admin$
IPC$
NETLOGON
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Access Control (continued)
• Activity 7-3: Creating and Verifying Administrative
Shares
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Create and verify administrative shares
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Access Control (continued)
• User-level permissions
– Defined at the folder or file level
– NTFS
• The preferred file system used in Windows networks
• Permissions apply anytime a file or folder resource is
accessed
• Permissions are divided into two types: file
permissions and folder permissions
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Access Control (continued)
• Activity 7-4: Modifying NTFS Permissions Using
Windows Explorer
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Modify NTFS permissions
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Access Control (continued)
• Activity 7-5: Modifying NTFS Permissions Using the
CACLS Command
• Time Required: 5 minutes
• Objective: Modify NTFS permissions with CACLS
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Access Control (continued)
• Access control lists
– Used by NTFS to define permissions to resources
• Authentication
– Token: object attached to a user’s account that
validates the user’s identity and privileges
– Security identifiers (SIDs): used to make every
user, computer, and resource on a network unique
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Deploying Shares
• File and folder sharing can be implemented
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Shared Folders console
Windows Explorer
Net share command
Share and Storage Management console
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Deploying shares with the Shared Folders console
– Shared Folders console is available through the
Computer Management consol
• Deploying shares with Windows Explorer
– Network file and folder sharing, or sharing, is
performed when using the File Sharing Wizard
• Deploying shares with Net share
– Net share allows you to create and manage shared
folder resources
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Activity 7-6: Managing Shared Folders through the
Shared Folders Console
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Explore the Shared Folders console and
close open sessions
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Activity 7-7: Creating a Shared Folder through
Windows Explorer
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Create a shared folder in Windows
Explorer
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Activity 7-8: Modifying the Advanced Sharing
Properties on a Share through Windows Explorer
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Modify a share using Advanced Sharing
properties
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Activity 7-9: Creating a Shared Folder Using the
CLI
• Time Required: 15 minutes.
• Objective: Use the CLI to create shared folders
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Offline files
– Allow shared file resources to be available to clients
when they are not connected to the network
– Caching: defined by administrators at the shared
resource level
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Deploying Shares (continued)
• Activity 7-10: Creating a Document on a Remote
Server and Setting Up Offline Availability
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Set caching requirements for offline files
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Distributed File System
• Distributed File System (DFS)
– Set of client and server services that allows
companies to deploy their shared file resources as a
single file structure
– Comprised of two technologies
• DFS namespace
• DFS replication
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Introduction to DFS
• DFS namespace
– Allows you to create an entry point for shared file
resources using a naming convention of your choice
– Two types of implementations
• Domain-based
• Stand-alone
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Introduction to DFS (continued)
• Activity 7-11: Adding DFS Role Services
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Install the DFS Role services
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Introduction to DFS (continued)
• DFS replication
– Responsible for synchronizing the data within a DFS
structure
• Load balancing
– By replicating your file resources across multiple
servers, you can spread the usage load to multiple
sources
• Fault tolerance
– By replicating data across multiple servers, a copy is
maintained on a separate system should you
experience a failure
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Introduction to DFS (continued)
• Backup centralization
– DFS can facilitate centralized backups
– Once deployed, DFS has a hierarchical namespace
structure that allows users to locate information
using a UNC path location
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Configuring DFS
• Steps for deploying DFS
– Install the File Services role and the Distributed File
System role services
– Create a namespace
– Add folders to the namespace
– Configure the DFS referral order
– Create a DFS replication group
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Configuring DFS (continued)
• File Services and Distributed File System roles
– You need to install the File Services role along with
the DFS services of your choosing
• Namespaces
– Create a DFS namespace to act as the central point
for clients to access network shared data
• Namespace folders
– After you create your namespace, you can populate
the folder
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Configuring DFS (continued)
• Activity 7-12: Creating a Namespace for the
Applications Folder
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Create a new DFS namespace
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Configuring DFS (continued)
• Activity 7-13: Adding Folders to the DFS
Namespace
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Add folders to DFS
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Configuring DFS (continued)
• Adding servers to DFS namespace
– Once added to the DFS namespace
• The new server creates the file system hierarchy for
the namespace in its DFS root located at c:\DFSRoot
• Configuring the DFS referral order
– DFS namespaces use a referral order to determine
the DFS server that will provide shared resources to
client requests
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Configuring DFS (continued)
• Activity 7-14: Adding Servers to a DFS Namespace
• Time Required: 5 minutes
• Objective: Add servers to the DFS namespace
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Configuring DFS (continued)
• Activity 7-15: Creating a DFS Replication Group
• Time Required: 20 minutes
• Objective: Configure DFS replication between DFS
namespace servers
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Managing Windows Server 2008 with
FSRM
• FSRM allows administrators to perform various
tasks in managing files and disk volumes through
the FSRM console, including:
– Managing file and disk quotas
– Screening files using built-in and custom templates
– Creating reports on storage resources
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Managing Windows Server 2008 with
FSRM (continued)
• Activity 7-16: Installing FSRM
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Install the FSRM role service
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Managing Windows Server 2008 with
FSRM (continued)
• Managing File and Disk Quotas
– FSRM quotas use actual file size instead of the
logical file size
• Screening Files Using Built-In and Custom
Templates
– Filter screening: allows administrators to block
specific types of files from being stored in Windows
Server 2008 file directories
• Creating Reports on Storage Resources
– FSRM can help you forecast space needs and plan
for deploying additional storage
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Managing Windows Server 2008 with
FSRM (continued)
• Activity 7-17: Creating Quotas
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Create a custom file quota
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Managing Windows Server 2008 with
FSRM (continued)
• Activity 7-18: Creating a File Screen
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Create a file screen to block files
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Managing Windows Server 2008 with
FSRM (continued)
• Activity 7-19: Running a Storage Report
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Create a storage report
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Summary
• DFS
– Provides a framework for creating a centralized point
of entry for accessing network data
• File and folder sharing
– Creates a network access point, or share, for clients
to access data across the network
• Share permissions can be read, change, or full
control
• User permissions
– Based on NTFS settings and are defined at the file
level
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Summary (continued)
• NTFS
– Uses ACLs to define permissions to resources
• You can implement file and folder sharing using:
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Shared Folders console
Windows Explorer
The net share command
Share and Storage Management console
• DFS technologies
– Include the DFS namespace and replication
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Summary (continued)
• In Windows Server 2008, DFS allows you to:
– Create an entry point for shared file resources using
your preferred naming convention
• DFS replication
– Responsible for synchronizing all of the data within a
DFS structure
• DFS
– Can be used to provide load balancing for shared file
services
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