How to setup a File Server

During this chapter of the guide will be extending our current Lab with a file server. In doing so we can practically present how access control works in Active Directory without having to configure something to complicated/resource intensive.

  • Store information about members of the domain (such as devices and users);
  • Providers central authentication for the network;
  • Allows or restricts access to resources/applications in the network;
  • Enforce the appropriate configuration/policy of user or computer settings.

If you are low on system resources you can also use DC01 as the file server, however, since it’s against best practices to mix and match services, especially on Domain Controllers, the guide will create a separate File Server.