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Just trying to expand the Knowledge. (Home Folders)?
Ok Grand Masters of all that is Technology. I'm a babe in the woods and I'm just trying to expand my knowledge. I have a gerneral understanding of how a Home Folder works, what it does, and how to set it up. What I don't understand is how does it help make our job as Administrators easier, as compaired to with file rederections through Group Policy or just setting up a roaming profile? I want examples not links to white papers I can look up Microsoft info all day myself but I pay for this site so I don't have to. So Answer my Question here WITH Examples and you can have the points.
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It puts all of the users docs in a single place that is easy to backup. Ever try backing up the My documents folder? You can use GPO's to redirect users My documents, etc and you can import .adm files from MS office and use these to default saving/opening/etc from the home folder.
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One big advantage of home folders and folder redirects over roming profiles is: everytime a user with a roaming profile logs in the profile is checked and the changes are downloaded from the server, and when the user logs off the profile is checked and the changes are uploaded to the server... this can cause lots and lots of network trafic and delay both logon and logoff. With folder redirects and home folders everything is just on the server and only accessed when the user needs it.
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Ok Great answers from every one. By your aswers I actually new more about this than I though I did. I've just been using the wrong wordage when I spoke about it. I still have one question for you run5k. Now on the network I work with I have a Apps folder that stored all the intsalls I need for the entire network I even break it down into Hardware and software so that I have drivers and apps, but are you saying that I could actully install a program to say the H: (since its my first name) and they would actully run on whatever PC I logged into? I didn't think that would be possable unless EVERY PC was idenitcal.
No, not quite. I don't actually install programs/applications to my "H:" home drive. While I do map my Outlook PST file from that drive, the rest of that drive is simply a repository for documents and software. When I am working in another office and I come across a machine that the domain's weekly SMS push might have missed, it is relatively easy to update the applications on that client without carrying around a CD case. I can quickly drag-and-drop the installation files to the desktop, and it will up to date as soon as possible.