Creating and Assigning a Central Access Policy GPO to File Servers

To allow file servers to leverage the DAC infrastructure, a few tasks need to be performed. One requirement is that the desired file servers are running Windows Server 2012 and the File Server Resource Manager file role service has already been installed. The service installation is covered earlier in this chapter. Another requirement is that the file server is configured to use a central access policy. This can be performed by creating and assigning a group policy to delivers the required settings, as outlined in the following steps:

1. Log on to a Windows Server 2012 domain controller with an account in the Domain Admins group.

2. Open Server Manager, click Tools, and open the ...

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