Guest Craig Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Hi There, I am thinking of turning on folder redirection to point various desktop folders to the server. If people have laptops does it sync the next time they are connected? I have had nightmares with ActiveSync and Offline Folders in the past. -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Folder redirection Craig <cw808s@newsgroup.nospam> wrote: > Hi There, > I am thinking of turning on folder redirection to point various > desktop folders to the server. If people have laptops does it sync the > next time they are connected? I have had nightmares with ActiveSync > and Offline Folders in the past. Activesync has nothing to do with this - but offline files might. Put your laptops in another OU and use group policy with loopback processing, so the desktop & application data don't get redirected (My Documents is OK if you also enable offline files & are aware of the risks). (note that "offline folders" will generally be presumed to refer to older versions of Outlook/OST files)
Guest Craig Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Folder redirection In article <#7IMmoPiIHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl> "Lanwench [MVP -Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote: > Craig <cw808s@newsgroup.nospam> wrote: >> Hi There, >> I am thinking of turning on folder redirection to point various >> desktop folders to the server. If people have laptops does it sync >> the next time they are connected? I have had nightmares with >> ActiveSync and Offline Folders in the past. > Activesync has nothing to do with this - but offline files might. > Put your laptops in another OU and use group policy with loopback > processing, so the desktop & application data don't get redirected > (My Documents is OK if you also enable offline files & are aware of > the risks). > (note that "offline folders" will generally be presumed to refer to > older versions of Outlook/OST files) Has this been changed much in 2008? I really dislike the offline files function as I dont think it works too well. -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Folder redirection Craig <cw808s@newsgroup.nospam> wrote: > In article <#7IMmoPiIHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl> "Lanwench [MVP > -Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> > wrote: >> Craig <cw808s@newsgroup.nospam> wrote: >>> Hi There, >>> I am thinking of turning on folder redirection to point various >>> desktop folders to the server. If people have laptops does it sync >>> the next time they are connected? I have had nightmares with >>> ActiveSync and Offline Folders in the past. > >> Activesync has nothing to do with this - but offline files might. >> Put your laptops in another OU and use group policy with loopback >> processing, so the desktop & application data don't get redirected >> (My Documents is OK if you also enable offline files & are aware of >> the risks). > >> (note that "offline folders" will generally be presumed to refer to >> older versions of Outlook/OST files) > > Has this been changed much in 2008? I really dislike the offline files > function as I dont think it works too well. I don't know about 2008. The issue is often with the *client* side. I don't like offline files much either - you could use your same (loopback!) group policy to redirect users' My Documents to c:\data and sync it to \\server\user\My Documents using something like SecondCopy (http://www.centered.com) or robocopy script (via GPO?)
Guest Miles Li [MSFT] Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 RE: Folder redirection Hello Craig: Thanks for posting here. Folder redirection group policy setting will not be refreshed in the group policy periodical background refresh. It is only applied during the user log on process. This means if a power-on laptop user connects, the folder redirection setting will not be applied until user log off and re-log on to the computer. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista have new user profile structure (user profile version 2). More folders such as Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Music, Videos, Pictures, Searches, AppData, Links and Saved Games can be redirected while only four folders (Desktop, My Music, My Videos and My Pictures) are applicable in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 by Group Policy folder redirection. For more information about folder redirection in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, you can refer to: Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/fb3681b2-da39-4944-93a d-dd3b6e8ca4dc1033.mspx Hope this helps. Sincerely, Miles Li Microsoft Online Partner Support Microsoft Global Technical Support Center Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security ===================================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ===================================================== This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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