Manage Server Folders and Storage in Windows Server 2012 Essentials

As a server administrator, you can manage access to any server folders (known as “shared folders” when accessed from the Launchpad, Remote Web Access, My Server app for Windows Phone, or My Server app for Windows 8) on the server by using the tasks on the Server Folders tab of the Dashboard, allowing users varying levels of access to a variety of files.

The following topics provide information that will help you understand, create, and manage server folders:

• Understand server folders
  
  
• Manage server folders using the Dashboard
  
  
• Manage access to server folders
  
  
• Manage folders in the user’s shared folder
  
  
• Add a server folder
  
  
• Where to add the server folder
  
  
• Move a server folder
  
  
• Where to move the server folder
  
  
• Add a missing server folder
  
  
• View or modify server folder properties
  
  
• Understand shared folders
  
  
• Hide shared folders from Remote Web Access
  
  

The following topics provide information that will help you increase your server storage, understand and use storage spaces, and manage your hard drives:

• Manage hard drives using the Dashboard
  
  
• Increase storage on the server
  
  
• Format hard drives
  
  
• Add a new hard drive
  
  
• Storage Spaces Overview
  
  
• Create a Storage Space
  
  
• Increase storage pool capacity
  
  

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