Folder redirection enforced or disabled based on IP address (subnet)
Hello All,
I have recently made the jump from using ScriptLogic Desktop Authority for our computer policies. I thought moving to GPO's would be better experience that will more directly apply if I ever decide to get a new job.
That having been said, I have successfully configured GPO's that for the most part do what I want. I am working on getting the MS Surface Pro 2 to work for our domain, and applying the created GPOs. Inside our network the GPO works fine, including folder redirection, specifically desktop folder redirection.
The problem comes when I connect the Surface to our network over a VPN connection. Mapped drives, shortcuts, printer setting specified in the GPOs seem to work fine over the VPN. The desktop folder redirection is my problem and seems to crash the Surface. I would like to disable folder redirection if the IP address is coming from a VPN subnet, and enable redirection if the surface has an inside IP address. For example our internal IP address is 10.100.100.x, the VPN subnet is 10.100.102.x.
Can I disable folder redirection when connection is 10.100.102.x and enable when it is 10.100.100.x? I was thinking of creating a site, putting 10.100.102.x in that site and a no folder redirection GPO linked to that site, but it looks like the order GPO's are applied in the domain folder redirection GPO will take precedence. Can I use a WMI filter, since folder redirection doesn't allow item level targeting? Maybe, slow link detection can be used to determine if it should apply folder redirection?
Anyone had any experience configuring Surface Pro 2 with domain and GPO enforcement?
TIA
I have recently made the jump from using ScriptLogic Desktop Authority for our computer policies. I thought moving to GPO's would be better experience that will more directly apply if I ever decide to get a new job.
That having been said, I have successfully configured GPO's that for the most part do what I want. I am working on getting the MS Surface Pro 2 to work for our domain, and applying the created GPOs. Inside our network the GPO works fine, including folder redirection, specifically desktop folder redirection.
The problem comes when I connect the Surface to our network over a VPN connection. Mapped drives, shortcuts, printer setting specified in the GPOs seem to work fine over the VPN. The desktop folder redirection is my problem and seems to crash the Surface. I would like to disable folder redirection if the IP address is coming from a VPN subnet, and enable redirection if the surface has an inside IP address. For example our internal IP address is 10.100.100.x, the VPN subnet is 10.100.102.x.
Can I disable folder redirection when connection is 10.100.102.x and enable when it is 10.100.100.x? I was thinking of creating a site, putting 10.100.102.x in that site and a no folder redirection GPO linked to that site, but it looks like the order GPO's are applied in the domain folder redirection GPO will take precedence. Can I use a WMI filter, since folder redirection doesn't allow item level targeting? Maybe, slow link detection can be used to determine if it should apply folder redirection?
Anyone had any experience configuring Surface Pro 2 with domain and GPO enforcement?
TIA
ASKER
What about the setting in the GPO to leave the contents in the location? I thought this would just be a policy change that would only incur basically a registry change?
Any suggestion on how I should proceed? Just disable folder redirection entirely for the surface?
Any suggestion on how I should proceed? Just disable folder redirection entirely for the surface?
Folder redirection is a user setting, not a device setting. If you want to use it for a set of users, you need to troubleshoot and solve your surface problem, not ignore it or try to work around it. Or you can choose not to use folder redirection for those users.
As a last resort, you could get what you want with loopback processing, but it'd be messy and will probably not work the way you want or expect. I'd be very careful before going down that road.
As a last resort, you could get what you want with loopback processing, but it'd be messy and will probably not work the way you want or expect. I'd be very careful before going down that road.
ASKER
Yes I have been hesitant to use the loop back processing for this issue. The surface has no problems when connected to the LAN 'inside'. The only time I have an issue is when connected over the VPN, yet our laptops have no problem with this policy over the vpn. And honestly the surface has newer and better hardware than our laptops.
I have considered disabling it for our Surface users but holding that as a last resort for now.
I have considered disabling it for our Surface users but holding that as a last resort for now.
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Note that this is not a group policy issue, but is inherent in how folder redirection works.