{"id":1364,"date":"2024-11-14T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T09:12:42","slug":"install-and-configure-dfs-namespaces-on-windows-server-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-dfs-namespaces-on-windows-server-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Install and Configure DFS Namespaces on Windows Server 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1364\" class=\"elementor elementor-1364\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72529fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72529fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c464730 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c464730\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb5b79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bb5b79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A collection of shared folders housed on various servers can be organized into one or more logically structured namespaces using DFS (Distributed File System) Namespaces.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a40238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a40238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preparation for Installation: <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-982b533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"982b533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Domain Name<\/li><li>IP Address of the Computer<\/li><li>A Windows Server 2022 with user that have Administrator privilege<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6f2fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6f2fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Installation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b08bab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b08bab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Navigate to the <strong>Server Manager dashboard<\/strong> and click<strong> Add roles and features.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4029a6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4029a6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1366\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-1.png 525w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture1-1-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51fe3b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51fe3b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. You will see the <strong>Before you begin<\/strong> page, Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to proceed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27773b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b27773b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1367\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-3-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a21a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10a21a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. On <strong>Select Installation Type<\/strong>, Pick <strong>Role-based or feature-based installation<\/strong> and then click<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db75591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db75591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture3-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1368\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture3-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture3-3-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6444bd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6444bd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. On the <strong>Select destination server<\/strong>, tick the <strong>Select a server from the server pool<\/strong>. The name and IP address of the computer will show on this page. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to proceed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bada880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bada880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture4-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture4-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture4-3-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c314ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c314ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5. Check the <strong>DFS Namespaces<\/strong> on the <strong>Server Roles<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eedff12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eedff12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1370\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0582d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df0582d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6. Once you select DFS Namespaces, a dialogue box will pop out. Click <strong>Add Features<\/strong>. Click Next to proceed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ed5f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22ed5f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture6-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1371\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture6-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture6-3-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd4e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bd4e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7. Select the default on the Next page. You can still add additional features base on your requirements after the installation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf65df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2bf65df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture7-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1372\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture7-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture7-3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87580e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87580e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>8. Verify that all entry is correct, if everything is confirmed proceed with the installation by clicking <strong>Install<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec7268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eec7268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture8-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1373\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture8-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture8-3-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bfbee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bfbee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>9. Installation is ongoing. Wait for it to complete and then click <strong>Close<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de62269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de62269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture9-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1374\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture9-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture9-3-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bee3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bee3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Configuration<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf08da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf08da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Launch the Server Manager dashboard, on the <strong>Tools Tab<\/strong>, select\u00a0<strong>DFS Management.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-525499c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"525499c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture10-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture10-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture10-3-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfccb1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfccb1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. On the next page, click\u00a0<strong>New Namespace.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-628e71f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"628e71f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture11-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1376\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture11-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture11-3-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ed11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53ed11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. On this page, start in configuring the Namespace, click <strong>Browse.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bce16d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bce16d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture12-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture12-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture12-3-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93e9342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93e9342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. Click\u00a0<strong>Advanced.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c331288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c331288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture13-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1378\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture13-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture13-3-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce25b43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce25b43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5. Select the server and Click <strong>Find Now<\/strong> and then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927679b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"927679b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture14-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1379\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture14-3.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture14-3-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921ba99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"921ba99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6. Enter the DFS Namespace name and click <strong>Next.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a7ffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9a7ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture15-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1380\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture15-1.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture15-1-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0836b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0836b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7. Just Click\u00a0<strong>Next<\/strong> from the <strong>Namespace Type<\/strong> page.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3902a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3902a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture16-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1381\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture16-1.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture16-1-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81169f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c81169f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>8. Click <strong>Create<\/strong> once the settings on Namespace has been reviewed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed0a1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ed0a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture17-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1382\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture17-1.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture17-1-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2f5e21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2f5e21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>9. A confirmation that the configuration was successful will show on the next page. Just click <strong>Close<\/strong> to exit the window.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac6de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ac6de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture18-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1383\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture18-1.png 469w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture18-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of shared folders housed on various servers can be organized into one or more logically structured namespaces using DFS (Distributed File System) Namespaces. \/*! elementor &#8211; v3.19.0 &#8211; 07-02-2024 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Preparation for Installation: Domain Name IP Address of the Computer A Windows Server 2022 with user [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[52,65,48,66],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorial","tag-configuration","tag-dfs-namespaces","tag-installation","tag-windows-server-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}