Tip of the Day: Enabling/Disabling SMB Versions

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Today’s Tip…

While Windows Server 2012 allows you to enable and disable SMB based on versions, SMB2 and SMB3 share the same protocol stack and as such must be enabled/disabled together.

To view the current state of the SMB Server protocol configuration:

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To disable SMB1 for SMB Server:

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To disable SMB2/SMB3 for SMB Server:

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To enable SMB1 for SMB Server:

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To enable SMB2/SMB3 for SMB Server:

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