Synchronize laptops over terminal server

[Guest judy.sin.jm@gmail.com]

Hi,

 

My company has recently outsourced our IT department to a server farm,

which we connect to via terminal server.

Salespeople who travel with laptops need offline access to their files

for when they are on airplanes, trains, etc. I was

quite...surprised...to hear that it is not possible to synchronize

files for offline use on a laptop via the terminal server. Can anyone

absolutely confirm that this is true? I also saw that someone

mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party software, I

would appreciate it if someone could recommend a software package that

can help us with this problem.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Judy

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Synchronize laptops over terminal server

 

Offline Files and Terminal Services are mutually exclusive

features.

You cannot configure a Windows 2003 Server to use Offline Files

when Remote Desktop for Administration is enabled, let alone

Terminal Services. The Folder Options - Offline Files tab in

Explorer states this clearly.

 

I'm not aware of 3rd party software which enables this, but that

doesn't mean that it doesn't exist :-)

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judy.sin.jm@gmail.com wrote on 22 jul 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi,

>

> My company has recently outsourced our IT department to a server

> farm, which we connect to via terminal server.

> Salespeople who travel with laptops need offline access to their

> files for when they are on airplanes, trains, etc. I was

> quite...surprised...to hear that it is not possible to

> synchronize files for offline use on a laptop via the terminal

> server. Can anyone absolutely confirm that this is true? I also

> saw that someone mentioned that this can be accomplished via

> third party software, I would appreciate it if someone could

> recommend a software package that can help us with this problem.

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Judy

[Guest pgartner]

Re: Synchronize laptops over terminal server

 

On Jul 22, 1:49 am, judy.sin...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,

I also saw that someone

> mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party software, I

> would appreciate it if someone could recommend a software package that

> can help us with this problem.

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Judy

 

 

 

I use alwayssync http://www.alwayssync.com/ to sync shared folders to

my users local hdd in thier local session. I have not used it in any

terminal server, so i don't know how that will react they have an eval

version you can download and try

 

Paul

T

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Synchronize laptops over terminal server

 

pgartner <pgartner@ln-tech.com> wrote on 22 jul 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> On Jul 22, 1:49 am, judy.sin...@gmail.com wrote:

>> Hi,

> I also saw that someone

>> mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party

>> software, I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a

>> software package that can help us with this problem.

>>

>> Thanks in advance,

>>

>> Judy

>

>

> I use alwayssync http://www.alwayssync.com/ to sync shared

> folders to my users local hdd in thier local session. I have not

> used it in any terminal server, so i don't know how that will

> react they have an eval version you can download and try

>

> Paul

 

Yes, a utility like that seems to be the best solution. Not

completely automatic, but nearly so.

If AlwaysSync doesn't do it, you can also try Microsoft's SyncToy:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fc1154-

c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7&DisplayLang=en

 

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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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[Guest judy.sin.jm@gmail.com]

Re: Synchronize laptops over terminal server

 

On Jul 22, 1:07 pm, pgartner <pgart...@ln-tech.com> wrote:

> On Jul 22, 1:49 am, judy.sin...@gmail.com wrote:> Hi,

>

> I also saw that someone

>

> > mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party software, I

> > would appreciate it if someone could recommend a software package that

> > can help us with this problem.

>

> > Thanks in advance,

>

> > Judy

>

> I use alwayssynchttp://www.alwayssync.com/to sync shared folders to

> my users local hdd in thier local session. I have not used it in any

> terminal server, so i don't know how that will react they have an eval

> version you can download and try

>

> Paul

> T

 

Thanks to all for your assistance, I will check out these products.