Windows 8.1 Administration Pocket Consultant: Storage, Security, & Networking

Chapter 7. Managing File Sharing and Auditing

• Sharing files and folders over the network

• Using and configuring public folder sharing

• Implementing synced sharing

• Auditing file and folder access

Sharing files enables users to access files from across the network. The most basic way to share files is to create a shared folder and make it accessible to users through a mapped network drive. Although this standard approach to sharing files requires a computer that is joined and connected to the enterprise domain, synced sharing does not. With sync shares, users can use an Internet connection to sync data to their devices from folders located on enterprise servers. You implement synced sharing by using Work Folders, a feature that is available when you deploy ...