MexicanITMike
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GPO Folder Redirection
I need to create a GPO for Folder Redirection, this part I know how to do, the problem I have is that it must look like this...
username Personal Directory, I need to have "Personal Directory" after the user's name.
We have all users pointing to a shared folder on our file server which is Server 2008 R2 Standard edition.
Thanks in advance.
username Personal Directory, I need to have "Personal Directory" after the user's name.
We have all users pointing to a shared folder on our file server which is Server 2008 R2 Standard edition.
Thanks in advance.
Afraid you cant. Why is it you need "Personal Directory" following the user's name in the folder name ??
ASKER
This is our standard within the company.
How is this a "Standard" if it cant be done ?? What I suggest is to not only use folder redirection, but to also use what is called "ABE". Access Based Enumeration will make it so that the users can only see their folders.
ASKER
There are two folders, one a personal folder where we right click on My Documtents and within the Location tab, click Move and relocate My Documents to the file server. The file server has a several shared folders and subfolders, where the employee's My Document is moved to is called Team Members, this houses both an Inbox (for collaborating purposes) & Personal Directory. This is the standard for the company I work at.
....click Move and relocate My Documents to the file server.
That is not the recommended way to redirect folders.
You should let folder redirection both create and move/relocate "My documents". This way you can keep the NTFS permissions uniform.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739647%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
You could go to each user in Active Directory>>Go to their profile tab>>home folder>>connect>>Choose a drive letter>> and put in that path ie \\server\team members\jsmith personal directory.
Then under the GPO for Folder Redirection select "Redirect to the Users home directory"
Then under the GPO for Folder Redirection select "Redirect to the Users home directory"
ASKER
This would work if I was in a smaller office, but we have well over 500 users. This is not a viable solution.
Sorry, that's the only way it can be done. The script here could help you greatly :)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2005/12/02/how-can-i-change-the-location-of-a-user-s-home-drive-in-active-directory.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2005/12/02/how-can-i-change-the-location-of-a-user-s-home-drive-in-active-directory.aspx
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This last one seems to fit what we need.
Thank you
Thank you
Your welcome