PurpleJelly
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Server 2012 Folder redirection
Hi all,
Quick question hopefully.
I think we have a need for users local folders (my docs, desktop etc) to be stored on our internal network rather than locally for security / backup reasons. However, I do not want to redirect image or audio files. I know that I can simply deselect the music and picture folders from the redirection, but I was wondering if there is a way to exclude file types as a lot of users have (for example) music folders as a sub folder in 'my docs' along with other image files.
If there is no logical way of doing this, should I be considering using Offline file sync instead and creating a file screen?
All workstations are Windows 7 and above by the way and our servers are all 2012 standard.
Many thanks in advance
Quick question hopefully.
I think we have a need for users local folders (my docs, desktop etc) to be stored on our internal network rather than locally for security / backup reasons. However, I do not want to redirect image or audio files. I know that I can simply deselect the music and picture folders from the redirection, but I was wondering if there is a way to exclude file types as a lot of users have (for example) music folders as a sub folder in 'my docs' along with other image files.
If there is no logical way of doing this, should I be considering using Offline file sync instead and creating a file screen?
All workstations are Windows 7 and above by the way and our servers are all 2012 standard.
Many thanks in advance
ASKER
Hi thanks for that, this implies not using folder redirection but more like using offline files. Not sure that is what I want to achieve.......?
Anyone else have any suggestions?
Anyone else have any suggestions?
ASKER
A bit more info is required from me I think..... Maybe the requirements haven't been described as best they could...!
My scenario is that I have a network where in a typical local user profile there is (for example) 60gb of data. Of that data, 55gb is personal stuff and unrelated to work (music, movies, holiday pics etc). We don't really care about this 55gb, but do care about the other 5gb.
My initial thought was to use folder redirection to the server via Group Policy, but I cannot do that as (for example) .jpg files are not just in the 'My Pictures' folder which I would exclude. So then I considered offline folders (see becraigs post above) but this wont work as I'm not syncing from a network location in the first place.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks
My scenario is that I have a network where in a typical local user profile there is (for example) 60gb of data. Of that data, 55gb is personal stuff and unrelated to work (music, movies, holiday pics etc). We don't really care about this 55gb, but do care about the other 5gb.
My initial thought was to use folder redirection to the server via Group Policy, but I cannot do that as (for example) .jpg files are not just in the 'My Pictures' folder which I would exclude. So then I considered offline folders (see becraigs post above) but this wont work as I'm not syncing from a network location in the first place.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks
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Exclusion list
The exclusion list feature reduces synchronization overhead and disk space usage on the server, and speeds up backup and restore operations by excluding files of certain types from replication across all Folder Redirection clients. Prior to Windows 7, all files in an Offline Files folder were replicated to the server. This often meant that a user’s personal files or large files not relevant to the enterprise were replicated to one or more servers, thereby consuming disk space and slowing backup and restore times. On Windows 7, administrators can use the Offline Files exclusion list feature to prevent files of certain types (for example, MP3 files) from being synchronized. The list of file types is configured by the IT administrator by using Group Policy.
More information:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff633429%28v=ws.10%29.aspx