Configuring File Server Settings

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Many procedures for configuring file server settings are provided in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003. Table 2.23 lists subjects and file server topics that can be useful for configuring file server settings. For best results in identifying Help topics by title, in Help and Support Center, under the Search box, click Set search options. Under Help Topics, select the Search in title only checkbox.

Table 2.23   Help and Support Center Topics Related to File Server Settings

Subject Topic Title

Sharing folders

"Share a folder or drive"

Enabling disk quotas

"Checklist: Setting up disk quotas"

Enabling shadow copies

"Checklist: Deploying Shadow Copies for Shared Folders"

Setting NTFS permissions

"Set, view, change, or remove permissions on files and folders"

Enabling encryption on file servers

"Enable a remote server for file encryption"

Remotely managing file servers

"Using Web Interface for Remote Administration"

Managing disks and volumes

"Disk Management overview" and "DiskPart"

Enabling encryption on clustered file servers

"Create a cluster-managed encrypted file share"

Enabling client-side caching on clustered file servers

"Set client-side caching for a File Share resource"

Enabling shadow copies on cluster storage

"Enable Shadow Copies for Shared Folders in a cluster"