Microsoft® Windows Server 2003: Administrator’s Companion

Shared Folders

After examining the Distributed file system, Removable Storage, and Remote Storage, discussing sharing folders on the network or the Internet sounds a bit commonplace. Nevertheless, sharing folders is important and you’re going to learn about it now.

Using the File Server Management Snap-In

You can administer shared folders in the Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server families in a number of ways. You can right-click a shared folder in Windows Explorer and choose Sharing from the shortcut menu, you can use the Shared Folders portion of the Computer Management MMC snap-in, or you can use the File Server Management MMC snap-in. The File Server Management MMC snap-in provides a way of viewing all the file shares at once, along ...