Can Roaming profiles and TS roaming profiles be the same location

[Guest Ed]

I have a windows 2003 TS farm. Users have roaming profiles.

 

Question:

 

Can I point the TS roaming profile to the same path as user's roaming domain

profile? Why or why not?

 

Is there a better alternative to this? I do have some slow links to worry

about..

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Can Roaming profiles and TS roaming profiles be the same location

 

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

> I have a windows 2003 TS farm. Users have roaming profiles.

>

> Question:

>

> Can I point the TS roaming profile to the same path as user's roaming

> domain profile?

 

No.

> Why or why not?

 

They aren't compatible and you'll definitely get problems. Roaming profiles

themselves are not compatible between client OSes, note. For any TS users

you should always specify TS profile paths (ideally do this via GPO) even if

you don't use roaming profiles.

 

>

> Is there a better alternative to this?

 

I use both roaming profiles & TS profiles - but I use folder redirection for

desktop/my docs/app data so the profiles are tiny, and users can see the

same stuff regardless (and the profiles themselves don't contain that much

of importance).

> I do have some slow links to

> worry about..

 

Not sure how slow links effect your TS users in this context.....

[Guest Frankster]

Re: Can Roaming profiles and TS roaming profiles be the same location

 

I'd recommend against it. I tried this once. Major headache. The ONLY way it

can be successful if EVERYTHING is the same. Same hard drive letter, same

apps loaded. Same version of OS and APPs. Exactly the same apps load

(total), etc, etc). Invariably at least ONE of those is almost always

different. Just use the TS profile and be happy you have that, at least.

 

-Frank

 

"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have a windows 2003 TS farm. Users have roaming profiles.

>

> Question:

>

> Can I point the TS roaming profile to the same path as user's roaming

> domain

> profile? Why or why not?

>

> Is there a better alternative to this? I do have some slow links to worry

> about..