What is server ?

A server
is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients". The clients either run on the same computer or connect through the network.

File server
a computer and storage devicededicatedstoringfiles. Any user on the network can store files on the server

Setting up File server in windows server 2008

NTFS permission Basic file protection decides who has access and who doesn't has File share permission Determines what a user can do when he connected to the network share File server role New feature added to 2008 for easy file server administration

Offline files Allows user to access the file while they are not connected to the network
Encryption Allows the user to scramble their data and store and also need Data recovery agent to decrypt in case of an emergency

NTFS Permissions

List folder content Allows the user to view the content of a folder dosent mean any access. Read - Allows the user to read the content of a file. Read and Execute Allows the user read and execute the file. Write Allows the user write/edit file (Does not give read /delete). Modify- All the above including delete. Full control All the above including change permission settings. Special permissions aAl the 12 permissions ,above are the sub set of special permission.

Most of the cases standard permission suites your need.

Inheritance

Permissions inherited by the folders below from the folders above also we can add/remove permissions.

Inherited permisions are always greyed out.

Changing/Removing inheritance Advanced change Add stops inheriting from parent but existing will remain Remove stops inheriting and also remove existing permissions

example

Multiple group membership

NTFS Permissions are accumilative If a user is member of multiple group having different permissions in a single folder Group 1 =read,

Group 2=write,
Group 3=modify so the effective permission will be modify

Deny permission always wins.

Group 4 =deny then the user will be denied from the access

Example Marketing - read & sales modify on a folder, later we need to deny marketing access, if put deny, access of the common users will lose.So this situation suites remove permission rather than deny.

Ownership Who created the file and capable of chnaging the permissions

Administrator can always take ownership without any permission.

we can also change the ownership of a file to another user.

Effective Permission Tool use to identify permissions of each user/group in particular folder

Example:

File Sharing Permission

Read
Change Read/write/contributor. Full control - Owner/co-owner

Combination of Share and security permission is used to share folder but most restrictive permission will apply

Example

File server Role

New feature in Windows server 2008

Adding file server role in server manager to manage shares

Features

Generate reportsLike how much disk space has been used for a purpose Quotas Limiting the disk usage by the user File Screening Allows to block certail files to copy in your share folders Eg:block users to copy mp3 files intoshare folders

File Classification Allows you to perform certain actions on certain folders Eg:based on the content of the file you can decide where to store file. You can decide wether the file is stored in expensive SAN or other media

Offline Files

Allows clients to work with an offline copy of a file.

Saves local copy from network share Synchronizes changes to the server

Users can choose which files to make available offline

Keeps track of any files that are deleted since two copy of a single file exist when sych happends automaticaly replaced the deleted files. Synchronization done by Synch center in from WIN 7 Good for slow Links

Configuration

Install Branch Cache component of file service. Enable caching of share data from advanced option.

Offline files work only when user has atleast change permision.
Enable Caching and Synchronising in Client machine