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Windows Explorer provides an excellent mechanism for configuring shares on the local system. This approach falls a little short in term terms of convenience, however, when it is necessary to configure shares on a remote server. Fortunately Windows Server 2008 addresses this need by allowing shares to be configured from the ''Computer Management'' tool. One point to note is that while this section will focus on the remote configuration of file shares, the steps outlined here may equally be used to share files on a local server. In fact, the ''Create A Shared Folder Wizard'' can be invoked on a local machine either from ''Computer Management'' or by entering '''shrpubw''' at the command prompt or in a Run dialog.

After starting Computer Management on the local system,right click on ''Computer Management'' in the left panel tree and select ''Connect to another computer...'' In the resulting dialog box either enter the name of the remote computer or click on ''Browse'' and then ''Advanced...'' to search the network or domain for the remote system. Once a connection has been established to the remote server the Computer Management interface will refresh and the ''Computer Management'' link in the tree will also display the name of the selected remote server. Once Computer Management is configured to administer a remote server, the next step is to begin the folder sharing process. Begin by unfolding the ''System Tools'', then ''Shared Folders'' branches of the tree in the left panel. Select ''Shares'' to obtain a list of current shares configured on the remote system. The following figure illustrates Computer Management with a list of shares configured on a remote system named ''WINSERVER-2'':  [[Image:windows_server_2008_remote_folder_shares.jpg|The list of shared folders on a remote system]]