ZTNA implementation for CIFS/SMB on-prem servers

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Hi, 
 
 Has anyone got a configuration guide for implementing ZTNA for CIFS/SMB servers on-prem. 
 
 Clients are Azure native Windows 11 and Mac devices. 
 File servers are domain joined on-prem. 
 XGS at the gateway, ZTNA client would be on the device. 
 
 We'd like to first start with ZTNA for remote staff only (vpn replacement) and then possibly consider it for internal users also. 
 (We do have some internal users with high-performance file access needs which we don't want anything in the way of). 
 
 Ta

Tejas Kashyap · Answer

Hi, 
 While we do not have an explicit configuration guide to setup CIFS/SMB, it works seamlessly by setting it up as an agent based ZTNA resource. 
 We do have a known limitation where in order to have seamless access to any windows based applications that make use of on-prem DCs, we will have to configure this workaround: 
 https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000045614?language=en_US We are working on a feature to ensure this is more user friendly but until then this workaround is needed for windows based applications. 
 Regards, 
 Tejas

ZTNA implementation for CIFS/SMB on-prem servers

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