Publishing a Network Folder from a Remote PC

You can publishing a filesystem folder via UNC path to open in Windows explorer. To minimize the number of configuration steps, a special publishing item is available that allows you to publish a network folder from a PC.

To publish a network folder:

1. In the RAS Console, select the Publishing category and then click the Add icon below the Published Resources tree (or right-click inside the Published Resources box and click Add in the context menu).  This will launch the publishing wizard.
2. On the Select Item Type wizard page, select Folder on the file system and click Next.
3. On the Select Server Type page, select Remote PC and click Next.
4. On the Remote PC UNC Folder wizard page, specify the usual application properties.
5. In the UNC path field, enter the UNC path of the folder you wish to publish. Click the [...] button to browse for a folder (it may take some time for the Browse for Folder dialog to open).
6. In the Remote PC Settings section, select the [...] button and then select a remote PC from the list.
7. Click Finish to publish the folder and close the wizard.