You have a server that runs Windows Server and contains a shared folder named UserData. You need to limit the amount of storage space that each user…

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) is a role service in Windows Server that includes a suite of tools for managing data on file servers. Its Quota Management feature is specifically designed to control storage usage. By using FSRM, an administrator can create a quota on the UserData folder to limit the storage space consumed by files. FSRM allows for the creation of auto-apply quotas, which can generate a separate quota for each existing and new subfolder, effectively limiting the space for each user's folder within the main share. This directly addresses the requirement to limit storage space per user.

A. Storage Spaces is a technology for virtualizing storage by grouping physical disks into storage pools, used for resiliency and scalability, not for setting user-level folder quotas.

B. Work Folders is a role service for synchronizing user data across devices, not a general-purpose tool for applying storage quotas to an existing standard shared folder.

C. Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces is used to group shared folders into a single logical namespace for simplified access, but it does not provide quota management capabilities.

1. Microsoft Learn. (2023). File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) overview. "Key features of FSRM include... Quota management - Limit the space that is allowed for a volume or folder."

2. Microsoft Learn. (2023). Quota Management. "Using the Quota Management node of the File Server Resource Manager... you can perform the following tasks: Create quotas to limit the space allowed for a volume or folder."

3. Microsoft Learn. (2023). Storage Spaces overview. This document describes Storage Spaces as a technology to "virtualize storage" and "group industry-standard disks into storage pools

" with no mention of user or folder-level quota management.

4. Microsoft Learn. (2023). DFS Namespaces overview. This document explains that DFS Namespaces "enables you to group shared folders located on different servers into one or more logically structured namespaces

" focusing on access and organization

not storage limits.