In my previous article, “Implementing DFS Namespaces,” we saw how to create a namespace (a virtual folder tree) using the enhanced DFS Management console of Windows Server 2003 R2. This article ...

Think about how users normally access data. Normally, you map a letter to a share on a server as part of a logon script or other policy. If users have to access multiple shares on a server, they have ...

We're having an issue with a few pieces of software (Bentley XM software, Primavera P3, and a few others) locking up when going through a DFS namespace. If we map a drive directly to a target folder ...

I'm looking at getting multiple 2K3 servers and setting up a DFS namespace in a mixed-mode domain. There are folders underneath \Root that users should not be able to see and should remain unshared, ...

Distributed File System (DFS) has been around since Windows NT and comes in a variety of configurations and options. While DFS is available in standalone and domain configurations, this article will ...

A distributed file system (DFS) enables clients to access file storage from multiple hosts through a computer network as if they were accessing local storage. Files are spread across multiple storage ...

This week I was busy with a number of things, including trying to deploy a distributed file system (DFS) namespace using several servers running Windows Server 2008. Setting up the namespace was ...

Distributed File System (DFS) has been around since Windows NT and comes in a variety of configurations and options. While DFS is available in standalone and domain configurations, this article will ...