Securing your SMB File Server
To create a file server, you first need to install the necessary features to the server and then harden it. You use the Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet to add the Windows features required for a file server. You can then use the Set-SmbServerConfiguration cmdlet to update the configuration to suit your organization’s needs.
Security is a good thing, but, as always, be careful! By locking down your SMB file server too hard, you can lock some users out of the server. Since your file server can contain sensitive information, you must take reasonable steps to avoid some of the expected attack mechanisms and adopt the best security practices.
Windows file servers (and file server clients) use the SMB protocol. This protocol has gone through several significant improvements over the years. The original version, SMB 1.0, has many weaknesses and, in general, should be removed and not used. When you install Windows Server 2022, the installer turns SMB 1.0 off. But...
