Windows Server® 2012 Pocket Consultant

Chapter 12. Data Sharing, Security, and Auditing

• Using and Enabling File Sharing

• Configuring Standard File Sharing

• Managing Share Permissions

• Managing Existing Shares

• Configuring NFS Sharing

• Using Shadow Copies

• Connecting to Network Drives

• Object Management, Ownership, and Inheritance

• File and Folder Permissions

• Auditing System Resources

• Using, Configuring, and Managing NTFS Disk Quotas

• Using, Configuring, and Managing Resource Manager Disk Quotas

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is the primary file-sharing protocol used by computers running Microsoft Windows. When folders are shared over a network, an SMB client reads and writes to files and requests services from computers hosting SMB-shared folders. Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 support SMB ...