Sharing of Files
Yaser Rahmati | یاسر رحمتی
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Yaser Rahmati | یاسر رحمتی
Last updated
Another important service for Windows Server is Sharing Files and for this purpose, Windows Server 2012 has – File and Storage Services, which is found in Server Manager on the left pane as shown in the screenshot given below.
Now let us see how to create a Share in the system with its respective rights. To do this, we should follow the steps given below.
Click Server Manager → then click on File and Storage Services in the Server Manager sidebar → click on Shares → click on the Shares drop-down list → click on New Share.
This will open the New Share Wizard → From here, select a type of share → I will create a very basic SMB share, so click on SMB Share – Quick. We can later configure the user rights of this share.
Click “Type a custom path” → click on Browse button.
Select the folder that you want to share → Click Select Folder.
Click Next.
You can choose one of the three options as per your need. The explanations are also mentioned alongside the check boxes, once selected → Next.
Click on Customize Permissions to authorize the rights that your users need to have.
Click on Add if you would like to add other users.
Click on Select a principal.
We should give rights that can be done by entering the object name, which is Backup Operator in this case, and then → OK.
To this user, we will give Read\Write rights, for that we will check the respective boxes and then → OK → OK → Next.
Click on Create.
