To configure an SMB share for user profiles in a company using Nutanix Files, the most suitable network share type is a **distributed share**. User profiles typically require a share that can scale with the number of users, provide high availability, and ensure consistent performance across multiple clients. A distributed share in Nutanix Files is designed to meet these needs by distributing data and workload across all File Server Virtual Machines (FSVMs) in the file server, ensuring scalability and load balancing.

The **Nutanix Unified Storage Administration (NUSA)** course states, “A distributed share in Nutanix Files is ideal for workloads like user profiles, as it leverages all FSVMs to provide scalability, high availability, and consistent performance for large numbers of concurrent users.” Distributed shares are optimized for environments where multiple users access the share simultaneously, such as in user profile scenarios where each user has a profile folder accessed via SMB. This share type ensures that the workload is balanced across FSVMs, preventing any single FSVM from becoming a bottleneck.

The **Nutanix Certified Professional - Unified Storage (NCP-US)** study guide further elaborates that “distributed shares are recommended for user profile storage in Nutanix Files, as they provide seamless scalability and fault tolerance by distributing data across all FSVMs in the file server.” This is particularly important for user profiles, which are often accessed during login/logout events, requiring low latency and high concurrency support.

The other options are incorrect:

- **A standard share**: A standard share is hosted on a single FSVM, which can become a performance bottleneck and lacks the scalability needed for user profiles with many concurrent users.

- **A connected share**: There is no such share type as a “connected share” in Nutanix Files; this term is not applicable.

- **A WORM share**: A WORM (Write Once, Read Many) share is designed for immutable data retention (e.g., for compliance), not for user profiles, which require frequent read/write operations.

The NUSA course documentation emphasizes that “distributed shares are the best choice for user profile storage in Nutanix Files, ensuring scalability and performance for enterprise environments with many users.”