Re: New home directory file share server

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Thank you! Something I didn't think about...GP.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

Fetzer <Fetzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
We have a new file share server for the users home directories.
Under the profile tab in the users account, it specifies a drive
letter and the current server share info.(\\server name\share). Is
there a script or any way to automate the process of changing the old
server name in the profile to the new server name?

Thanks

You can select all the relevant users at once in ADUC, right-click,
properties, profile tab, and assign \\server\share\%username%).

Note that home directories set like this are a pretty outmoded idea. You
really don't need them, esp if you use folder redirection via group policy -
you can redirect My Documents, Application Data, Desktop & even Start Menu
(I don't do the latter) to something like subdirectories of
\\server\share\users. So, Joe would get \\server\home$\joe\My Documents,
\Desktop, etc. - and you could even include

net use h: "\\server\home$\%username%\My Documents"

in your login script if you want them to retain drive letters.

I think this makes life much easier.

See "How to dynamically create security-enhanced redirected folders by using
folder redirection in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443



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