Accessing SMB shares

In the recipe Creating and securing SMB shares, you set up the shared files on the FS1 server. In this recipe, you access and use the shared folders.

Getting ready

This recipe uses two servers—on one (FS1) you previously shared a few folders. In this recipe, you also utilize those shared files from server DC1. As with all recipes in this book, feel free to change the servers and folders being shared and used. Ensure you have a C:\Foo folder on FS1 created and populated with a few test files.

This recipe also uses a file on the C:\Foo folder on FS1—Marsinstaller.exe. This executable is created using the Creating an Azure backup recipe in Chapter 5, Managing Server Backup chapter. Feel free to use a different file and update step 8 appropriately.

How to do it...

1. Examine the SMB client's configuration:

Get-SmbClientConfiguration

2. You will require SMB signing from the client. You must run this command from an elevated console on the client computer:

Set-SmbClientConfiguration `
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