Re: Prevent copying roaming profile to local disk of Terminal Serv

I am having this same issue and am interested in a solution.
I have some users with over 1Gig a profile being copied to the TS.


Thanks in Advance.


"SuderMan" wrote:

"limit profile size" - I don't know how it works exactly but I think it just
warn user when it's profile exceed the specified threshold.

I've tried "exclude directories in roaming profile" policy but it doesn't
works as I wanted for example long time ago I have put Notes data folder in
the root of the profile. Then I wanted to make that this folder stay on the
network share - not to follow with the rest of the profile to TS drive but
what I've noticed is that this folder not only have been copied with the rest
of the profile but also remained on the TS drive and have been removed from
the network profile after logoff. So this just doesn't work for me.

It works fine when I excluded "My documents" folder and redirected using
folder redirection policy to network share. The effect is that "My documents"
stays on the network profile and doesn't follow with profile on TS drive and
that's what I wanted to achieve with the Notes folder. Now I don't know if
it's possible at all.

Thank You.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:



In news:E8302EE2-2C48-4D33-B936-19C54D10EE6F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
SuderMan <SuderMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
What I wanted to achieve is to prevent copying very big profiles
accross the network. Sometimes profile is very big causing that
copying profile across the other domains in the domain forest last
too long.

I was wondering if there is some method not to copy very big profile
to distant Terminal Server or just clearly specify which folders from
th profile not to copy.

I know that this can be partially achieved using slow link detection
policies but only partially.

Not sure if this works with TS profiles, but what about:

User config\admin templates\system\user profiles, "exclude directories in
roaming profile"
and
User config\admin templates\system\user profiles, "limit profile size"

You might also consider using folder redirection policies, and other GPO
settings, to help keep the profile small anyway.





"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:


"SuderMan" <SuderMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F09D2700-C1C7-484F-A6B2-E47FC29CC9C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello. Thank for reply

Yes I have for each user account a unique path to TS profile like
this:

\\server\profiles$\%username%

but when user logs on Terminal Server his profile from
"\\server\profiles$\%username%" is copied to "E:\documents and
settings\%username%" of TS.

I'd like to know if it's possible to prevent from copying the whole
profile
or it's part from network to TS.

Ah. You mean, you don't want to cache the profile on the TS box,
then? What about computer config\admin templates\system\user
profiles, and enabling "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" ?

I don't know for sure how this works with a TS profile as opposed to
a roaming profile, but I suspect it works....


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:


"SuderMan" <SuderMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello !

Is there a way to prevent from copying the entire roaming profile
from the
network to local disk of the Terminal Server when user vlogs on.

Or if it's not possible for entire profile is it possible to
exclude some
folders that are put on the root of the profile to be copied ?

Thanks.

Not sure if this addresses your question, but if you have TS you
definitely
want to specify a TS profile path in each user's account
properties, and *not* use the default roaming profile path set up
for that user.



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