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you mean in traditional way, each Share needs a separate drive map and in DFS you can have one drive map with all Shares in it ?
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you mean in traditional way, each Share needs a separate drive map and in DFS you can have one drive map with all Shares in it ?

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I would like to know the purpose of using DFS in windows. Seeing that even when having DFS, Administrator will still have to map drives(through scripts) to users when they log on. So I do not see the difference between implementing DFS and just configure Logon scripts through GPO to map drives for end users.<br />
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Any clarification will be very much appreciated.<br />
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Thanks
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I would like to know the purpose of using DFS in windows. Seeing that even when having DFS, Administrator will still have to map drives(through scripts) to users when they log on. So I do not see the difference between implementing DFS and just configure Logon scripts through GPO to map drives for end users.

Any clarification will be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Purpose of Windows DFS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.