Using "contoso" as a substitute for the real name.....
I managed to set up a DFS root of the form \\contoso\users that is showing up like any share would in windows explorer when I browse\\contoso\ and I can happily use it for my folder redirection e.g.\\contoso\users\grebel
However... I corrected a minor issue with it.
I had set it up on a DC and included the DC as namespace server when the DFS root only had a single, unclustered destination (\\files01\users). I added\\files-01 as the namespace server and removed the DCas a namespace server. I have then tried setting up more DFS shares with the same characteristics.
I am now setting up DFS shares directly from the 2012 R2 file server (files-01) that hosts them rather than the 2008 R1 domain controller I used for DFS configuration last time. All shares are domainv2 without access-based-enumeration and with identical security on shares (everyone=full) and directories (default security).
All the subsequent shares are visible only in \\contoso.local\ and not in \\contoso\ the file server that hosts them all is\\files01 in the Contoso domain.
I cannot find any difference whatsoever between the DFS roots \\contoso\users and \\contoso\software or the configuration of their shares, files, etc.
But the icon for "software" is only visible in \\contoso.local\ and \\files01\
The icon for "users" is visible in \\contoso\, \\contoso.local\ and \\files01\
\\contoso\software works the same as \\contoso\users but is simply not browsable via \\contoso\ in windows explorer.
Do you a solution or have any pointers on how I make "software" visible in\\contoso\ ? I can't find any clear documentation on the relationship between browsing and dfsn roots, sysvol, etc.
What characteristic controls whether a DFSroot is browsable in the \\domain\ as well as the \\FQDN\ ? I assume it has to be DFSN, but can't find that change I need to make.
Thanks in advance....