Redirect a custom folder via GPO
I'm building a few folder redirects in our Domain after phasing out from roaming profiles that were used with our terminal servers.
While most of the folders that I want to redirect appear directly in the "folder redirection" section under the "User Configuration \ Policies \ Windows Settings" I have one (at least one at the moment) that is not present there.
A lot of my users had customized Office Building Blocks that they used constantly in the terminal servers. While the folder containing those building is under the Appdata\Roaming Folder, I can't redirect the entire Appdata\Roaming folder that users have because various local programs need that folder too.
So my question is: Is it possible to redirect a specific path from a Windows computer to a shared location? Or Alternatively, Is it possible via the Office ADMX files to redirect the Office Building blocks to a shared folder?
While most of the folders that I want to redirect appear directly in the "folder redirection" section under the "User Configuration \ Policies \ Windows Settings" I have one (at least one at the moment) that is not present there.
A lot of my users had customized Office Building Blocks that they used constantly in the terminal servers. While the folder containing those building is under the Appdata\Roaming Folder, I can't redirect the entire Appdata\Roaming folder that users have because various local programs need that folder too.
So my question is: Is it possible to redirect a specific path from a Windows computer to a shared location? Or Alternatively, Is it possible via the Office ADMX files to redirect the Office Building blocks to a shared folder?
Alternatively, you could use a junction point/reparse path, but some apps (notably OneDrive) can find this difficult to navigate through. I prefer the FSLogix method.
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Hi James, Tanks for the quick response!
It was my understanding that FSLogix is meant to be a replacement for roaming profiles, not local profiles on simple PC computers, is it not?
Regardless, we don't have the budget to implement new technologies just yet.
Could you please expand some more on the junction point / rephrase methods?
It was my understanding that FSLogix is meant to be a replacement for roaming profiles, not local profiles on simple PC computers, is it not?
Regardless, we don't have the budget to implement new technologies just yet.
Could you please expand some more on the junction point / rephrase methods?
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