Apply quota on network shared directories

Published on November 30, 20211 min read

Seriesactive-directory-labs

Part 3 of 3

In this series5 min read in total

Installing a Windows Server with AD DS Role (Domain Controller)
Active Directory multi-sites, network shares and user rights management
Apply quota on network shared directories

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Context

You need to set up restrictions for several user groups. Based on the configuration from the previous tutorial:

Multi-site Active Directory, network shares and user rights management

We will apply “quotas” to folder shares on the Chassignieu server as an example.

Here is the shared folders tree structure:

File tree

Here are the company requirements:

Technicians	Common	Administrative	Common	Chassignieu Technicians	Chassignieu Administrative	Management
1GB	500MB	1GB	500MB	2GB	4GB	4GB

Profiles
Users
Base folder

Adding the “File Server Resource Manager” role

Creating a quota template

List of default templates

Applying quotas

Bonus: Applying filters

Select the type of file you want to block