server 2012 DFS security

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Hi,

I visited your section for DFS and I could not find any information about how to secure DFS shares and also how to combine it with ntfs using Microsoft best practices. Could you please post a video around securing clustered File shares with DFS?

thanks

Hello Mesut,

Distributed File System (DFS) service does not implement any additional security measures, beyond what the Windows Server and NTFS provides. Permissions to a target are not related to the DFS topology. Security is enforced by the underlying file system when a user tries to access a target and its contents. To maintain security, you should use NTFS and file sharing permissions to secure any shared folders used by DFS so that only authorized users can access them.

Hope this helps,

Mike