How to install file server

Privacy policy. This step-by-step article describes how to configure your Windows Server as a file and print server. You can create a Windows Server file server and print server manually, or you can use the wizards that are provided in the Configure Your Server Wizard administrative tool. Click Print server in the Server role box, and then click Next. On the Printers and Printer Drivers page, click the types of Windows clients that your print server will support, and then click Next.

Click Local printer attached to this computer , click to clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box, and then click Next. Click the printer make and model or provide the drivers from the printer manufacturer media, and then click Next. If you are prompted to keep or not keep your existing printer driver, either keep the existing driver or replace the existing driver. If you replace the driver, you must provide the manufacturer driver for this printer.

You can use a quota template or select define custom quota properties. Select Custom Properties. Change the space limit, add Label optional. Then click Add to set the notification thresholds.

Select Send Email to the following administrators. You can also notify users. Select Event Log tab. Select Send warning to event log. Select Command tab. You can also run a Command or script when the limit is reached. Select Report tab. Select Generate reports and the type of reports to generate. Click OK to continue. Click Create. The custom quota can be saved as a template for future use.

Click OK to complete. The custom quota has been created. Quotas can also be created using the built in templates. At percent of the quota, this template sends an e-mail to the user and to administrators. At percent of the quota, this template sends an e-mail to the user and to administrators and sends a report to the user.

When the MB quota is reached, the computer sends an e-mail to the user and administrators and then applies the MB Extended Limit quota to grant the user additional capacity. This template prevents the user from exceeding MB. Monitor GB Volume Usage — Provides e-mail notifications when utilization reaches 70 percent, 80 percent, 90 percent, and percent of the GB soft quota.

Monitor MB Share Provides e-mail notifications when utilization reaches 80 percent, percent, and percent of the MB soft quota. Disk Quotas enable an administrator to limit the amount of disk space available to users on a partition. To create a quota, right-click on the relevant drive.

The Add Roles and Features Wizard opens. In Before you begin , click Next. In Select installation type , ensure that Role-based or feature-based installation is selected, and then click Next.

In Select destination server , ensure that the correct server is selected, and then click Next. In Select server roles , in Roles , note that the File And Storage Services role is already installed; click the arrow to the left of the role name to expand the selection of role services, and then click the arrow to the left of File and iSCSI Services.

In Confirm installation selections , review your selections, and then click Install. The Installation progress pane is displayed during installation. When installation is complete, click Close.