Manage access to server folders

You can manage access to any server folders on the server using the tasks in the Server Folders tab of the Dashboard. By default, the following server folders are created when you install Windows Server 2012 Essentials:

• Client Computer Backups By default, Windows Server 2012 Essentials creates client computer backups that are stored in this folder.
  
  
• Company Used to store and access documents related to your organization by network users.
  
  
• File History Backups By default, Windows Server 2012 Essentials creates file backups using File History that are stored in this folders. This File History settings can be modified by network administrators. For more information, see Understanding File History.
  
  
• Folder Redirection Used to store and access folders that are set up for folder redirection by network users.
  
  
• Music Used to store and access music files by network users. This folder is created when you turn on Media sharing.
  
  
• Pictures Used to store and access pictures by network users. This folder is created when you turn on Media sharing.
  
  
• Recorded TV Used to store and access recorded TV programs by network users. This folder is created when you turn on Media sharing.
  
  
• Videos Used to store and access videos by network users. This folder is created when you turn on Media sharing.
  
  
• Users Used to store and access files by network users. A user specific folder is automatically generated in this Users server folder for every network user account that you create.
  
  

As a network administrator, you can choose to hide any of these server folders and prevent them from being displayed in the Remote Web Access web site.

Note
You must be a network administrator to perform this procedure.

For any additional server folder that you add on the server using the Dashboard, you can choose three different access settings for it:

• Read/Write
  
  Choose this setting if you want to allow this person to create, change, and delete any files in the server folder.
  
  
• Read only
  
  Choose this setting if you want to allow this person to only read the files in the server folder. Users with Read access cannot create, change, or delete any files in the server folder.
  
  
• No access
  
  Choose this setting if you do not want this person to access any files in the server folder.
  
  

Important
The permissions that are displayed in the folder properties represent only the users which are managed by the Dashboard. They do not include user permissions such as groups, or service accounts, or include any permission that may be set on the folder using other native tools and include users which were not added through the Dashboard.

Note
You must be a network administrator to perform this procedure.