Create a folder in a namespace

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

To create a folder in a namespace

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DFS Management.

  2. In the console tree, under the Namespaces node, right-click a namespace or a folder within a namespace, and then click New Folder.

  3. In the Name box, enter the name of the new folder.

  4. To add one or more folder targets to the folder, click Add and specify the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path of the folder target, and then click OK.

Note

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Local Administrators group on each server that hosts the namespace, or you must have been delegated the ability to manage an existing namespace.

See Also

Concepts

Security requirements for creating and managing namespaces
Delegate management permissions for an existing namespace
Namespace folders and folder targets

Other Resources

Microsoft Web site