Deny Delete Server 2012

Question

Hi,
We have a shared network folder in Windows Server 2012. We want to give folder permission to users except Delete. We want to protect the files shared in the folder from accidental deletion.

Can any one guide me on how to do that ?

Also if i enable IT Audit, will it give specific information on who deleted what ?

Kindly help

Br
Reny

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you so much for posting here.

To protect files from being deleted, we could deny delete permission. For more detailed information, we could refer to the below link:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/protect-files-from-being-deleted/814dbe4c-8957-4e39-9fd7-b613e2812851

So sorry that I am not professional with IT audit. In order to audit the specific information on who deleted the files, we could enable on the folder the Delete action audit and enable audit object access at the Audit Policy. Then we could monitor the events recorded on the Event Viewer.

More detailed information, we could refer to the similar case and articles:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/ed46b837-007f-474b-9a68-454c7f76f192/how-to-audit-delete-filesfolders-action-on-shared?forum=winservergen

https://www.netwrix.com/how_to_detect_who_deleted_file.html

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-file-system

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Best regards,
Hannah Xiong

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