I will choose SMB Share – Quick and click Next. You can choose any of these share profiles as seen below. There are number of share profiles by default. To create a new shared folder, click Tasks and click New share in Server Manager console.

We already have Marketing users group set up and assigned users into the group. We want only the marketing users to view and execute the contents of the folder. We want to share a folder named Marketing to Marketing users group. As you can see below there are two folders, netlogon and sysvol shared by default. You will see the list of shared folders on this server. Click File and Storage Services on the left pane. Here, I will configure some shared folder from domain controller named MBG-DC1. Most efficient way is to use the Server Manager. There are different ways to share a folder in Server 2012. File Server in Server 2012 uses SMB 3.0 protocol. The File Server sub-role is found under File and Storage Services server role in server role installation wizard. In Server 2012, the File Server role is installed by default allowing users to share files and folders. File Server role must be installed prior to be able to share files and folder on the network. Remember, folders can be shared but individual files cannot be shared directly. Shared folders on the network allows many users to access the files and folders. Server Manager allows you to easily share folder in Windows Server 2012.

Server Manager is now linked with almost all the server roles.

One of the major changes is Server Manager. Microsoft have made lot of improvements in Server 2012.

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