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Windows Server 2012 introduces several improvements to the Advanced Security settings dialog when configuring NTFS access controls and auditing. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at how permissions configuration has been simplified for advanced security scenarios.
An example of an advanced security scenario is preventing users from accidentally deleting, moving, or renaming entire file structures. Administrators often configure NTFS permissions so that users can create, delete, and rename files, but not delete folders. While this doesn’t provide fool-proof protection, it does give a certain degree of damage limitation when simple finger trouble is the source of the problem.
Let’s configure the permissions set on a folder in Windows Server 2012, to see how the process is easier than in previous versions of Windows Server. Log on to a file server that’s joined to a domain with an account that has local administrator privileges.
In this example, I’m going to grant specific permissions for the Domain Users group. Before doing this, you should remove any existing permission entries for Domain Users.
That’s it! You’re done.
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