What's New in DFS in Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 includes the following new and updated programming elements for the Distributed File System (DFS).
New Enumerations
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Identifies the origin of DFS namespace version information.
New Functions
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Creates a domain-based or stand-alone DFS namespace. If the namespace already exists, the function adds the specified root target to it.
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Determines the version of the DFS namespace that can be created for a server or Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain by using the NetDfsAddRootTarget function.
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Removes a DFS root target from a domain-based DFS namespace. If the root target is the last root target in the DFS namespace, this function removes the DFS namespace. This function can also be used to remove a stand-alone DFS namespace.
New Structures
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Contains the name, status, GUID, time-out, property flags, metadata size, DFS target information, and link reparse point security descriptor for a root or link.
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Contains the name, status, GUID, time-out, property flags, metadata size, DFS target information, link reparse point security descriptor, and a list of DFS targets for a root or link.
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Contains the DFS metadata version and capabilities of an existing DFS namespace.
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Contains information about a DFS root or link, including the comment, state, time-out, property flags, and the link reparse point security descriptor.
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Contains the security descriptor for a DFS link's reparse point.
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Contains version information for a DFS namespace.