Windows Server 2019: File Services

1h 39mBeginner2019-01-08

Authors

Ed Liberman

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Course details

Ensuring that your file services environments remain efficient is an essential aspect of enterprise computing. In this course, see how to work with file services in Windows Server 2019 to keep your data accessible and secure. Ed Liberman explains how to work with File Server Resource Manager—a capacity management tool—and Distributed File System, which helps you provide fault tolerance and redundancy to your data. Ed also shows several ways to help keep your data secure, including encrypting files using the Encrypting File System and auditing file access.

Learning objectives
Configuring File Server Resource Manager (FRSM)
Configuring quotas
Creating and testing a file screen
Using storage reports to check for duplicate files
Configuring file management tasks
Configuring Distributed File System (DFS)
Configuring DFS replication
Encrypting files using the Encrypting File System
Auditing file access

Skills covered

Windows ServerServer AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

The importance of file services
What you should know

Configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)

FSRM overview
FSRM installation

Quotas

Create a quota template
Configure a quota
Test a quota

File Screens

Create a file group
Create a file screen template
Create and test a file screen

Storage Reports

Checking for duplicate files
Checking for large files

Classification Rules and File Management Tasks

Configure classification rules
Configure file management tasks

Distributed File System (DFS)

DFS overview
DFS installation
Create a DFS namespace
Create shared folders and targets
Configure DFS replication
Test DFS replication

Keeping Data Secure

Cryptography
Public key encryption
How Encrypting File System (EFS) works
Configure EFS

Audit File Access

Step 1 - Audit object access
Step 2 - Audit entries

Conclusion

Next steps