2.2.1.6 DFS Link

• 2/14/2019
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A DFS link has one of the following UNC path formats.

 \\<ServerName>\<DFSName>\<LinkPath>
 \\<DomainName>\<DFSName>\<LinkPath>
  

where:

• <ServerName> is the host name of a DFS root target of the DFS namespace.

• <DomainName> is the domain name of the domain hosting the domain-based DFS namespace.

• <DFSName> is the DFS namespace name.

• <LinkPath> is the path of the DFS link relative to the DFS root target share. A stand-alone DFS namespace can be referred to only by the first format. A domain-based DFS namespace can be referred to in either format, with the second format preferred.