User Profile Disks UPD is a new feature of Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012. User Profile Disks is an alternative to roaming profiles and folder. Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing Team Blog. The basics of SMB Power. Shell, a feature of Windows Server 2. SMB 3. 0 Jose Barretos Blog. Overview. 1. 1. Introduction Windows Server 2. Windows Power. Shell cmdlets and WMI objects to manage SMB File Servers and SMB File Shares. These new tools are aimed at both System Administrator and Developers. Benefits SMB Power. Shell cmdlets allow an IT Administrator to. Use the Power. Shell command line to manage and monitor File Servers and File Shares. Write scripts that automate common File Server administrative tasks, providing consistent automation. Leverage existing Power. Shell skills. Integrate with related Power. Shell managed components network, block storage, cluster. WMI objects allow a Developer to. Use a simpler API to manage and monitor File Servers and File Shares. Leverage existing skills to use WMI classes for management. Integrate with related WMI managed components network, block storage, cluster. Allow for consistent automation of file server related processes and policies, including change control. These cmdlets and objects were designed with the following goals in mind Administrator friendly Consistent set of cmdlets which supersedes the existing NET. EXE tool. Scripting friendly Integrates with other Power. Shell managed components. Cluster aware Manage both standalone and clustered file servers. Developer friendly Enable developers, superseding the related Win. Scott Lowe reviews the basics of setting NTFS permissions in Windows Server 2012. For content related to previous versions of SQL Server, see Configure Windows Service Accounts and Permissions. Each service in SQL Server represents a process or a. Net APIs. GUI friendly Predictable response time, to allow use by a GUI like Server Manager. Remotable Able to manage a remote File Server by specifying its name. Properties aware Allows getting and setting SMB share properties. Settings aware Allows getting and setting SMB server and SMB client configuration settings. Network Interface aware Expose information on the network interfaces used the SMB Client and Server, as well as their interactions with SMB Multichannel. Requirements You do not need to install any roles or features in order use the SMB Power. Shell and WMI objects in Windows Server 2. Certain parameters and settings might be restricted to specific configurations, like the ones related to File Server clusters. Supported Configurations SMB Power. Shell and WMI objects are supported in all configurations in Windows Server 2. Certain parameters and settings might be restricted to specific configurations, like the ones related to File Server clusters. Configuration. 2. Installing The SMB Power. Shell cmdlets and WMI objects are available by default in Windows Server 2. There is no need to install components, roles, role services or features. The SMB cmdlets are packaged into two modules called Smb. Share and Smb. Witness. These modules are automatically loaded whenever you refer to any of the cmdlets included. No upfront configuration is required. Optionally, you can load these modules manually using the following Power. Shell cmdlet Import Module Smb2. Enumerating cmdlets You can list all cmdlets in the SMB Power. Shell modules using the Get Command cmdlets. For instance, to get a list of cmdlets in the SMB modules sorted by Noun and Verb, use the following cmdlets Get Command Module Smb Sort Noun, Verb. Heres the list of SMB related objects nouns and methods verbs available in Windows Server 2. Beta SMB Share Get, New, Set, Remove. SMB Share Access Get, Grant, Revoke, Block, Unblock. SMB Configuration Get, Set for Server, Client. SMB Session Get, Close. SMB Open File Get, Close. SMB Mapping Get, New, Remove. SMB Connection Get. SMB Network Interface Get for Server, Client. SMB Multichannel Connection Get, Update. SMB Multichannel Connection New, Get, Remove. SMB Witness Client Get, Move. Getting help for a cmdlet You can obtain information about any Power. Shell cmdlet including a list of parameters by using the Get Help cmdlet. For example, to get help for the Get Smb. Share cmdlet, use the following Power. Shell cmdlet Get Help Get Smb. Share. 2. 4. Uninstalling The SMB Power. Shell cmdlets and WMI objects are available by default in Windows Server 2. There is no need to uninstall components, roles, role services or features. SMB Power. Shell cmdlets Here are the SMB Power. Shell cmdlets, grouped by area, each with a simple description and a sample command line. SMB Shares These cmdlets let you manage SMB shares, including creating new ones, setting their properties and removing them. Get a list of existing file shares. Get Smb. Share Get Smb. Share FSreate new file share. New Smb. Share Name Share. Name Path C Local. Folder. Change the configuration of an existing file share. Set Smb. Share Name Share. Name Description This is a test shareRemove a file share. Remove Smb. Share Name Share. Name. 3. 2. SMB Share Access These cmdlets let you manage permissions access control lists for SMB shares. You can grant and revoke permissions full, change or read to specific accounts, as well as block and unblock access by a specific account. Get a list of permissions for a file share. Get Smb. Share. Access Name Share. Name. Add permissions for a user, computer or group when creating the file share. New Smb. Share Name Share. Name Path C Local. Folder Full. Access Username. Grant permissions for a user, computer or group after the file share is already created. Grant Smb. Share. Access Name Share Account. Name User Access. Right Full. Revoke permissions for a user, computer or group. Revoke Smb. Share. Access Name Share. Name Account. Name Username. Block a specific user, computer or group from a file share. Block Smb. Share. Access Name Share. Name Account. Name Username. Unblock a specific user, computer or group from a file share. Unblock Smb. Share. Access Name Share. Name Account. Name Username. Use the share permissions to configure the NTFS permissions on the folder behind the shareGet Smb. Share Name Share. Name. Preset. Path. Acl Set Acl. 3. Sessions and Open Files These cmdlets let you manage currently open sessions and files on an SMB server, including listing and forcibly closing them. Get a list of SMB Server sessions. Get Smb. Session. 3Ds Max Tree Library. Close a specific SMB Server session by session ID use the ID as listed by Get Smb. SessionClose Smb. Session Session. Id 4. Close a specific SMB Server session by computer use the name as listed by Get Smb. SessionClose Smb. Session Client. Computer. Name 1. 92. 1. 68. Close a specific SMB Server session by user name use the name as listed by Get Smb. SessionClose Smb. Session Client. User. Name Domain. Username. Get a list of currently open files in the SMB Server. Get Smb. Open. File. Get a list of currently open files by a specific user in the SMB Server. Get Smb. Open. File Client. User. Name Domain. Username. Close a specific SMB open file by file ID use the ID as listed by Get Smb. Open. FileClose Smb. Open. File File. ID 8. Close a specific SMB open file by user name use the name as listed by Get Smb. Open. FileClose Smb. Open. File  Client. User. Name Domain. Username. 3. 4. Client Connections and Mappings  These cmdlets let you view current connections and manage drive mappings on an SMB client. View a list of the SMB connections currently used by an SMB client. Get Smb. Connection. View a list of drives mapped by an SMB client. Get Smb. Mapping. To map a new driver to a remote file share. New Smb. Mapping Local. Path X Remote. Path File. Server. Share. To remove an existing mapping. Remove Smb. Mapping Local.