Create an NFS file share in Windows Server

You can create an NFS file share by using either Server Manager UI or Windows PowerShell NFS cmdlets. Here we're going to use Server Manager UI.

Pre-requisites:

Open Server Manager, and go to Roles and Features Wizard to add "File Server" and "Server for NFS"

1. Sign in to the server as a member of the local Administrators

2. Server Manager starts automatically, if not then start Server Manager

3. On the left, select File and Storage Services, then select Shares

4. Under the Shares column, select To create a file share

5. I am using Quick, you can use based on your requirement

6. On the Share Name page, enter a name for the new share, then select Next. I already had an existing folder created so using that one.

7. On the Authentication page, specify the authentication method you want to use, then select Next

8. The Add Permissions

9. On the Confirmation page, review your configuration, and select Create to create the NFS file share

10. The share was successfully created

    

PowerShell cmdlet way:

The following Windows PowerShell cmdlet can also create an NFS file share (in below example, where nfs1 is the name of the share and C:\\shares\\nfsfolder is the file path):

New-NfsShare -Name nfs1 -Path C:\shares\nfsfolder