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HOW TO: Create a Windows Server 2019 NAS / FileServer from the command line

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Nov 17, 2020
My old Synology NAS for home use had started to show signs of wear and was in need of replacement. It had plenty of disk space and performed well enough - but the version I had lacked any real power ...
Updated Nov 17, 2020
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instantdreams
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Feb 15, 2022

So glad I found this post.

 

I'm migrating from an older home based Windows Server 2016 Essentials build to a new Windows Server 2019 Standard build with the idea being the new server will be a file server with some access restrictions.

 

I am avoiding ADS and DNS server details and hoping to use local-to-the-file-server accounts as you've specified. I'll seek out your other blog posts on this but the question I hope will be answered is how to secure individual users against their own folder in, for example, E:\ServerFolders\Users\user01.