If i disable SMB v1 is any impact to SharePoint 2013 Servers?

Question

Hi as per Security policies if I disable SMBv1 in all SharePoint 2013 servers is any impact to SharePoint farm and SharePoint web applications authentication between server and clients

Servers OS: windows server 2012
SharePoint 2013 is our internet farm.

Answer 1

To directly answer your question, no disabling SMBv1 will not have any impact on your SharePoint farm.

Answer 2

disabling or removing SMBv1 might cause some compatibility issues with old computers or software, SMBv1 has significant security vulnerabilities and we strongly encourage you not to use it, check below article for more Info:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-sg/windows-server/storage/file-server/troubleshoot/detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-v2-v3

Thanks & Regards,

Answer 3

Hi @adil ,

Agree with trevor, it's recommend to disable SMB v1 in windows server that SharePoint depends on.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/sharepoint-tidbit-disabling-smb1-so-that-you-can-sleep-better-at/ba-p/571985

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Answer 4

Thanks guys for your answers