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I was told that user folders should be set \\server\username instead of \\server\users\username because the clients would not have to be touched?
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I was told that user folders should be set \\server\username instead of \\server\users\username because the clients would not have to be touched?

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Yes, that will work, but then you have to create a share for each user, which is less secure. &nbsp;Setting the home directory in a login script should not be very difficult. 
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Yes, that will work, but then you have to create a share for each user, which is less secure.  Setting the home directory in a login script should not be very difficult.

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Thought I would ask some expert advice on setting up a new file server. I have an existing W server 03 file server that has a mess of folders and such. I want to clean this up before moving files over to new W 2003 server.<br />
What are prefered folder structures? Ex. IT, Accounting, HR, Quality, Safety, etc.<br />
Preferred AD groups in OU? Ex. HR1, HR2, Accounting1, Accounting2<br />
Adding employee user folders on file server as a defualt replacement to their local my documents folder.<br />
Would it go //Server/joe_user or //Server/Users/joe?<br />
What is easy way to point all clients from my documents to their folder on file server?
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Thought I would ask some expert advice on setting up a new file server. I have an existing W server 03 file server that has a mess of folders and such. I want to clean this up before moving files over to new W 2003 server.
What are prefered folder structures? Ex. IT, Accounting, HR, Quality, Safety, etc.
Preferred AD groups in OU? Ex. HR1, HR2, Accounting1, Accounting2
Adding employee user folders on file server as a defualt replacement to their local my documents folder.
Would it go //Server/joe_user or //Server/Users/joe?
What is easy way to point all clients from my documents to their folder on file server?

File Server Folder and Security Set up

Operating system security (OS security) is the process of ensuring OS integrity, confidentiality and availability. OS security refers to specified steps or measures used to protect the OS from threats, viruses, worms, malware or remote hacker intrusions. OS security encompasses all preventive-control techniques, which safeguard any computer assets capable of being stolen, edited or deleted if OS security is compromised, including authentication, passwords and threats to systems and programs.

OS Security

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.

Operating Systems

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).