Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Security

Updated: April 27, 2010

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

Topics in this section can help you bring File Services running on Windows Server 2008 R2 into compliance with security best practices. Content in this section is most valuable to administrators who have completed a Best Practices Analyzer scan of File Services, and who want information about how to interpret and resolve the scan results that identify areas of File Services that are noncompliant with security best practices.

Best Practices Analyzer and security rules

Security rules are applied to identify possible causes for a role failing to complete its prescribed tasks in the enterprise. An example of a violation of security rules that a Best Practices Analyzer scan might find is a service that is paused or stopped.

For more information about Best Practices Analyzer and scans, see Best Practices Analyzer.

Topics in this section

• NFS: Anonymous access should be disabled

• SMB: Denial of service detection should be enabled

• SMB: Digitally signed communication should be required or disabled

See Also

Concepts

Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Configuration
Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Operation
Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Performance