Windows Users Connecting to a OS X Server

We are running into a issue with our Window's users. We have a FileMaker database that we use as a PDF proofing system. All of the PDFs in FileMaker, are links to the actual PDFs that are stored on one of our shared drives. The Window's users have to have the share point mounted for FileMaker to allow them to export the PDFs from it. The problem is, we don't want the users to be able to open the server and view every single PDF since a lot of them are concept designs. Is there a way of locking down the server to only allow the access for FileMaker? This has become a big issue and I'm racking my brain trying to think of a solution. Thank you in advance for any help.

Find out the IP address of the server you want to connect to. You're looking for a numeric address: something like 123.56.67.89. You can find this out by running Server.app on the server and looking at the details of that server itself.
When you start up Server.app on another computer choose the option to administer another computer, not the one Server.app is running on.
When it asks for an address, type in the numeric address as shown above.

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