Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

2-4: Delegate the Management of Shared Folders

Solution overview

Type of solution	Guidance
Features and tools	Group Policy Restricted Groups policy settings
Solution summary	Where possible, dedicate the File Server role and manage the membership of the Administrators group using Restricted Groups policy settings.
Benefits	Managed delegation of the capability to create, delete, and modify shared folders

Introduction

Shared folders can be managed, by default, only by members of the server's Administrators group. It is not possible to specify that certain users can create shared folders in certain locations on the server: It is a system privilege.

Dedicate servers that perform a file server role

If a server performs mixed roles, anyone who requires the ability ...