Creating DFS

DFS was introduced to Puffing Billy November 2023. For assistance on how to create DFS please refer to the following doc:

DFS Namespaces overview | Microsoft Learn

The main purpose of DFS is to redirect users to folder targets using a centralised path. In this instance our DFS path is \\pbr.org.au\pbrdfs and the majority of the folder targets are set to the Belgrave file server PBR-FS-B1.

To be able to install ~~DFS~~DFS, the roles must first be installed via server manager. For best practice I recommend you install the DFS namespace and DFS replication roles to all your DCs and to the servers acting as the folder target.

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Go to Manage at the top right-hand corner of the screen and select Add Roles and Features.

Click Next

Scroll down to File and Storage services and click the drop-down options. Select DFS namespaces and DFS replication. Click Next.

Proceed through to the next steps and ensure the option to restart after installation is not selected.

Once the DFs roles have installed on all the desired servers go to DFS Management on one of the DCs.