Domain User Folder Redirection

4 in the navigation pane right click folder redirection and then click edit.

Domain user folder redirection. On a domain you configure it with a group policy object such as default domain policy or a copy of it in windows settings under user. Set domain users home folder. In the case of on premise domain joined pcs the redirected folders are from the local workstation. Right click the newly created gpo and then clear the link enabled checkbox.

In the end the solution was straight forward enough. 3 in the new gpo dialog box in the name text box type folder redirection and then click ok. To redirect or move the folders in the user profile folder please use the following steps. Create a new ou i used temp and move the affected user s there.

Many years ago a vendor initially set up our folder redirection policy for user documents under our default domain group policy. Double click on the users folder. 2 in the navigation pane right click the windows ae domain and then click create a gpo in this domain and link it here. On a non domain computer there is a local policy object unless it is a windows home edition.

Administrators can use folder redirection offline files and roaming user profiles to centralize storage for user data and settings and to provide users with the ability to access their data while offline or in the event of a network or. Double click on the user account that that will have its folders redirected. Right click the domain or ou in which you want to setup folder redirection then select create a gpo in this domain and link it here. Create and link a new group policy object to the new ou.

Open file explorer using the icon in the taskbar as shown below. We called it test folder redirection. But there are no folder redirection settings available in local policy. We recently upgraded our file server and used another group policy to test the user documents redirection to the new file server.

Double click on local disk c as shown below. This prevents the. Typically a network administrator enables roaming user profiles on domain accounts. In the new gpo dialog box type a name for the gpo for example folder redirection settings and then select ok.

In this above list it is worthwhile to note that user profile redirection 1 also called roaming profile is different from folder redirection 2.