New-SmbShare
Creates an SMB share.
Syntax
New-SmbShare
[-Temporary]
[-ContinuouslyAvailable <Boolean>]
[-Description <String>]
[-ConcurrentUserLimit <UInt32>]
[-CATimeout <UInt32>]
[-FolderEnumerationMode <FolderEnumerationMode>]
[-CachingMode <CachingMode>]
[-FullAccess <String[]>]
[-ChangeAccess <String[]>]
[-ReadAccess <String[]>]
[-NoAccess <String[]>]
[-SecurityDescriptor <String>]
[-Path] <String>
[-Name] <String>
[[-ScopeName] <String>]
[-EncryptData <Boolean>]
[-CompressData <Boolean>]
[-LeasingMode <LeasingMode>]
[-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
[-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
[-AsJob]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The New-SmbShare cmdlet exposes a file system folder to remote clients as a Server Message Block
(SMB) share.
To delete a share that was created by this cmdlet, use the Remove-SmbShare cmdlet.
Examples
Example 1: Create an SMB share
$Parameters = @{
Name = 'VMSFiles'
Path = 'C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\VMFiles'
FullAccess = 'Contoso\Administrator', 'Contoso\Contoso-HV1$'
}
New-SmbShare @ParametersThis command creates an SMB share named VMSFiles and grants Full Access permissions to
Contoso\Administrator, and Contoso\Contoso-HV1$.
This example uses splatting to pass parameter values from the $Parameters variable to the command.
Learn more about Splatting.
Example 2: Create an encrypted SMB share
New-SmbShare -Name "Data" -Path "J:\Data" -EncryptData $TrueThis command creates an encrypted SMB share.
Example 3: Create an SMB share with Multiple Permissions
$Parameters = @{
Name = 'VMSFiles'
Path = 'C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\VMFiles'
ChangeAccess = 'CONTOSO\Finance Users','CONTOSO\HR Users'
FullAccess = 'Administrators'
}
New-SmbShare @ParametersThis command creates an SMB share named VMSFiles and grants Change permissions to the domain
groups CONTOSO\Finance Users and CONTOSO\HR Users. Full Access permissions to the builtin
Administrators group.
This example uses splatting to pass parameter values from the $Parameters variable to the command.
Learn more about Splatting.
Parameters
-AsJob
Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CachingMode
Specifies the caching mode of the offline files for the SMB share. There are five caching modes:
- None. Prevents users from storing documents and programs offline.
- Manual. Allows users to identify the documents and programs they want to store offline.
- Programs. Automatically stores documents and programs offline.
- Documents. Automatically stores documents offline.
- BranchCache. Enables BranchCache and manual caching of documents on the shared folder.
| Type: | CachingMode |
| Accepted values: | None, Manual, Documents, Programs, BranchCache, Unknown |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CATimeout
Specifies the continuous availability time-out for the share.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ChangeAccess
Specifies which users are granted modify permission to access the share. Multiple users can be
specified by using a comma-separated list. Each entry in the comma-separated list must be contained
within single or double quotes, for example 'CONTOSO\Finance Users','CONTOSO\HR Users'.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CimSession
Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
| Type: | CimSession[] |
| Aliases: | Session |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CompressData
Indicates that SMB compression is requested for all client connections that support it.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ConcurrentUserLimit
Specifies the maximum number of concurrently connected users that the new SMB share may accommodate. If this parameter is set to zero (0), then the number of users is unlimited. The default value is zero (0).
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ContinuouslyAvailable
Indicates that the share is continuously available.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Description
Specifies an optional description of the SMB share. A description of the share is displayed by
running the Get-SmbShare cmdlet. The description may not contain more than 256 characters. The
default value is no description or an empty description.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-EncryptData
Indicates that the share is encrypted.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-FolderEnumerationMode
Specifies which files and folders in the SMB share are visible to users. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
AccessBased. SMB doesn't display the files and folders for a share to a user unless that user has rights to access the files and folders. By default, access-based enumeration is disabled for new SMB shares.Unrestricted. SMB displays files and folders to a user even when the user doesn't have permission to access the items.
The default value is Unrestricted.
| Type: | FolderEnumerationMode |
| Accepted values: | AccessBased, Unrestricted |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-FullAccess
Specifies which accounts are granted full permission to access the share. Use a comma-separated list
to specify multiple accounts. Each entry in the comma-separated list must be contained within single
or double quotes, for example 'CONTOSO\Finance Users','CONTOSO\HR Users'.
An account may not be specified more than once in the FullAccess, ChangeAccess, or ReadAccess parameter lists, but may be specified once in the FullAccess, ChangeAccess, or ReadAccess parameter list and once in the NoAccess parameter list.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-LeasingMode
Specifies SMB leasing and oplock behaviors for application compatibility. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
Full:Use default lease and oplock behaviors from SMB3.Shared:Grant read-caching lease but not write or handle-caching.None:No oplocks or leases, behave like SMB1 (not recommended).
| Type: | LeasingMode |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies a name for the SMB share. The names pipe and mailslot are reserved for use by the
computer. Share names can be up to a maximum of 80 characters long. The SMB share name can use any
character allowed by Windows for files and directories. To learn more about naming conventions for
files read the Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces articles.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-NoAccess
Specifies which accounts are denied access to the SMB share. Multiple accounts can be specified by
supplying a comma-separated list. Each entry in the comma-separated list must be contained within
single or double quotes, for example 'CONTOSO\Finance Users','CONTOSO\HR Users'.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Path
Specifies the path of the location of the folder to share. The path must be fully qualified. Relative paths or paths that contain wildcard characters aren't permitted.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ReadAccess
Specifies which users are granted read permission to access the share. Multiple users can be
specified by supplying a comma-separated list. Each entry in the comma-separated list must be
contained within single or double quotes, for example 'CONTOSO\Finance Users','CONTOSO\HR Users'.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ScopeName
Specifies the scope name of the share.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 3 |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SecurityDescriptor
Specifies the security descriptor for the SMB share in string format.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Temporary
Specifies the new SMB share is temporary and will not persist beyond the next restart of the computer. By default, new SMB shares aren't temporary.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ThrottleLimit
Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If
this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell calculates an
optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the
computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the
computer.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet isn't run.
Note
The WhatIf switch doesn't work with this cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
None
Outputs
The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the
namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object. This cmdlet returns a MSFT_SmbShare
object that represents the SMB share.
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