From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain services on remote hosts or make your own files and directories available to other users in your network.
Network Browsing
Your file manager, GNOME Files, lets you browse your network for shared resources and services.
Sharing Directories in Mixed Environments
Using GNOME Files, configure your files and directories to share with other members of your network. Make your data readable or writable for users from any Windows or Linux workstation
Managing Windows Files
Your Linux machine then behaves like a Windows client. It takes all account information from the Active Directory domain controller, just as the Windows clients do Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer
You can configure a Windows network printer through the GNOME control center.