What is the equivalent to rmtshare.exe in supported Windows Server builds?

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Mowbray, James 20

I have an EOL Windows Server that is used for shared drive management.

The solution uses rmtshare.exe, which was part of the NT 4.0 Resource Kit.

Yes, it's that old.

I'd like to achieve the same outcome using contemporary, supported tools/utilities.

Is there an equivalent on rmtshare in the more recent/current Windows Server builds?

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Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

In more recent Windows Server builds, the equivalent to rmtshare.exe is the New-SmbShare cmdlet in PowerShell.

Example 1: Create an SMB share

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$Parameters = @{

Name = 'Public'

Path = 'D:\Public'

FullAccess = 'Contoso\Administrator', 'Contoso\Contoso-HV1$'

}

New-SmbShare @Parameters

This command creates an SMB share named VMSFiles and grants Full Access permissions to Contoso\Administrator, and Contoso\Contoso-HV1$.

Reference:

New-SmbShare (SmbShare) | Microsoft Learn

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Daisy Zhou

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