Technical Tip: How know the difference between DFS Folder path and Local Folder Path

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Description

This article explains how to know the difference between DFS Folder path and Local Folder Path. When configuring SSL VPN Bookmark, the following information is required.

When you configure SSL VPN Bookmark do you need know the follow.

Scope
Path VPN SSL Bookmark DFS

Solution
From DFS, the following namespace is seen:

\\win2012-srv1.jason\domain

In this namespace, there is a folder named publicdownload, which makes the full path in the bookmark is:

//win2012-srv1.jason/domain/publicdownload      ----> DFS path

In this example, it is referring to the local shared folder:

//win2012-srv1.jason/publicdownload             ----> Local_Server path not DFS path

In case domain controller (Domain name"win2012-srv1.jason" = server name "DFS") ->

\\win2012-srv1.jason\publicdownload      same as     \\DFS\publicdownload