{"id":2410,"date":"2017-12-29T20:54:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2017-12-29T20:54:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T20:54:32","slug":"how-to-set-up-dfs-namespaces-in-windows-server-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2410","title":{"rendered":"How to set up DFS Namespaces in Windows Server 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this guide we will setup and configure DFS ( Distributed File System ) Namespaces in Windows Server 2016. DFS allows you to setup shared folders hosted on different servers into one or more logically structured namespaces. Each namespace appears to users as a single shared folder with a series of subfolders. This setup increases availability and automatically connects users to shared folders in the same\u00a0Active DirectoryDomain Services site.<\/p>\n

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Installing the DFS Role<\/h3>\n

login to your Windows 2016 Server, and open the Server Manager console. click on\u00a0Add roles and features:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/p>\n

The \u201cAdd roles and feature wizard will come up:<\/p>\n

\"Add<\/p>\n

click on\u00a0Next.\u00a0<\/strong>Choose on\u00a0Role-based or feature-based installation\u00a0<\/strong>on the next screen:<\/p>\n

\"DFS<\/p>\n

click on\u00a0Next.\u00a0<\/strong>Select your server in the next screen, and click on\u00a0Next\u00a0<\/strong>again:<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/p>\n

Expand the\u00a0File and Storage services\u00a0<\/strong>and select\u00a0DFS Namespaces\u00a0<\/strong>from the list:<\/p>\n

\"File<\/p>\n

click on\u00a0Add Features\u00a0<\/strong>when prompted to install the\u00a0Management tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Add<\/p>\n

Click on\u00a0Next\u00a0<\/strong>on the rest of the screens. then click on\u00a0Install\u00a0<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Confirm<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Configuring DFS<\/h3>\n

After the DFS role has been installed, open the the\u00a0DFS Management\u00a0<\/strong>console, and right-click\u00a0Namespaces\u00a0<\/strong>and choose\u00a0New Namespace..<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Configure<\/p>\n

Type the name of the server that will host the namespace on the next screen:<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/p>\n

Click on\u00a0Next.\u00a0<\/strong>Choose a name for your namespace in the following screen. this will be the name of your domain sharing path. for example forevergeeks.com\/files<\/p>\n

\"choose<\/p>\n

Click on\u00a0Edit Settings..\u00a0<\/strong>to edit permissions on the share. by default everyone only has \u201cread\u201d permissions. click on\u00a0Next.\u00a0<\/strong>on the following screen choose the\u00a0Namespace Type<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"domain-based<\/p>\n

Choose the\u00a0Domain-based namespace\u00a0<\/strong>and click on\u00a0Next.\u00a0<\/strong>Review the settings and then click on\u00a0Create:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"review<\/p>\n

Test your DFS Namespace is working by typing the network path in Explorer ( e.g forevergeeks.comfiles )<\/p>\n

\"DFS<\/p>\n

it works!\u00a0 but nothing there yet though.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Create DFS folders<\/h3>\n

We will add folders to the DFS namespace now. from your DFS Management console, right-click the namespace we just created, and choose\u00a0New Folder<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Create<\/p>\n

Type the name of the folder, then click on\u00a0Add<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Choose<\/p>\n

Type the path of the Shared folder you want to add to the Namespace:<\/p>\n

\"DFS<\/p>\n

click on\u00a0OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go to the network path again ( e.g forevergeeks.comfiles ) and you should see the folder we just added:<\/p>\n

\"Nework<\/p>\n

Yeah!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

DFS Namespaces is a great feature in Windows server to organize your network shares. When using DFS namespaces it does not matter where the shared folders are located, they are all accessible from a single path. it makes it easier to move file servers around too without breaking the access paths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this guide we will setup and configure DFS ( Distributed File System ) Namespaces in Windows Server 2016. DFS allows you to setup shared folders hosted on different servers into one or more logically structured namespaces. Each namespace appears to users as a single shared folder with a series of subfolders. This setup increases […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-server-2016-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions\/2411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}