Windows 10: Mapping a network drive hosted on AWS EC2 Windows Server Instance

Hi,I have hosted a AWS EC2 Windows Server instance which is working well with all the necessary ports enabled in the firewall for TCP and UDP for allowing RDP as well as File Sharing.I am able to connect via Remote Desktop to the server from any place I carry my Windows 11 laptop to.But, the drive I have mapped to this Windows Server instance, only works from selected locations. It works from my office but not from my home. When I try to map the drive again, I get the following error-I clicked on DIAGNOSE - Kindly help,Thanks and regards,Pratik

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Windows 10 "Map Network Drive" for FTP server is not allowing the server to be mapped to a drive letter

Hi Ian,

FTP or File Transfer Protocol servers allow you to share or host data on your computer that might be too large to transfer through an email. To better assist you, we suggest that you post your concern on our

Technet. They can assist you with advanced troubleshooting about map network drive and FTP.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

File Server over network

Well, here's how to map a network drive in Windows 7:

First in "My computer" select Map Network Drive. As you can see below I already have one mapped from my server "Ninebreaker".




Then, select the drive letter you want to use and click browse, or manually type the address: //[server name or IP]/[path]




Lastly, if going through the browse, you should come up with this window, just select the server from the list, then the folder or hard drive that's shared and you're done. The mapped drive should pop up in "My Computer". As you can see, My main rig (Dragons-Crest) and the server (Ninebreaker), the later one listing the folders that are shared.





Hope it helps, let me know if you need anything else *Big Grin

EDIT: Just saw you use Server 2012... I never actually used it, but it should be very similar, since mapping hard drives on older windows was basically the same as on 7.

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Windows Server 2012 stuck in reboot loop “Configuring Updates: Stage 2 of 4"

I have run into the exact issue on some of our 2012 servers.

I am running our windows servers on AWS EC2 instances and I am unable to access the console and boot into safe mode.

Any ideas?