Mapped drives, shares and permissions
Drive maps from Group Policy, UNC paths and DFS, and how to tell 'path not found' from 'access denied'.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 45 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Read net use output and common SMB error codes
- Explain effective access from share and NTFS permissions
- Restore a missing drive map the right way and verify
Course outline
- 1.Mapped drives, shares and permissionsVideo · 5 min
- 2.Why a drive letter is missingLesson · 15 min
- 3.Share and NTFS permissions: working out effective accessLesson · 13 min
- 4.Credentials, sessions and the 'multiple connections' errorLesson · 12 min
- 5.Mapped drives, shares and permissions: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 20 questions
- 6.Finance's shared drive is missing for everyoneScenario
- 7.Final exam6 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Microsoft Learn: Drive Mapping extension (Group Policy Preferences)
- Microsoft Learn: DFS Namespaces overview
- Microsoft Learn: Share and NTFS permissions
- Microsoft Learn: net use
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