How to enable permissions in SQL Server 2012 FileTable folder share?

Question

After successfully creating a FileTable, I tried viewing the fileshare but my permissions are denied. In Management Studio, right-clicking on FileTable then \"Explore FilteT

Answer 1

Other posters have dealt with the FILESTREAM set up.

To browse and access files within a filetable, VIEW DEFINTION and SELECT permissions will be required as a minimum. The ALTER permission referenced in dmc2005's post is not required.

Example (granting access to a Windows user or group):

GRANT VIEW DEFINITION,SELECT ON FileTableName TO [MYDOMAIN\MYGROUPNAME]

Assigning the User / Group to one of the fixed database roles (for example db_datareader) will not grant the required permissions for filestream access. The permissions must be explicitly granted.