Roaming profiles - laptop users who travel to sites with slow link

[Guest RIMikeG]

Hi,

All our users -include laptop users - are configured with roaming profiles -

all stored on a file server in our large well connected head office. Many of

the laptop users travel to some of our smaller sites which have very slow

links e.g. 512k /128k ADSL.

 

I just wanted to confirm my understanding of roaming profiles - specifically

that when the user signs on in the small site that Windows XP will try to

pull down the profile from the central file server.

 

Can anyone confirm this ?

 

Regards

Michael

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Roaming profiles - laptop users who travel to sites with slow link

 

RIMikeG <RIMikeG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,

> All our users -include laptop users - are configured with roaming

> profiles - all stored on a file server in our large well connected

> head office. Many of the laptop users travel to some of our smaller

> sites which have very slow links e.g. 512k /128k ADSL.

>

> I just wanted to confirm my understanding of roaming profiles -

> specifically that when the user signs on in the small site that

> Windows XP will try to pull down the profile from the central file

> server.

 

Yes, it will. Check out slow link detection...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758768.aspx

>

> Can anyone confirm this ?

 

<waves hand> Me! Pick me!

 

Note that if you're going to use roaming profiles (and h*ll, even if you

aren't) you really want to use folder redirection, and keep those profiles

*tiny*.

>

> Regards

> Michael