Re: Roaming Profiles+VPN
- From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:27:47 -0500
In news:BAEEC2B6-C5C4-4EBB-8485-91D42DA549C2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
the friendly display name <thefriendlydisplayname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
typed:
> Well, I am using log in using dialup connection. And the profiles
> still don't transfer.
Don't use a roaming profile...those are good for LAN users or users
connected over any sort of decent broadband site link, but not much
otherwise.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news:029A3FE1-259B-4831-BF7B-2F53CB2DBD95@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> the friendly display name
>> <thefriendlydisplayname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>>> I have set up the VPN service on a SBS 2003, and I can perform a
>>> domain-login over a vpn connection to the server.
>>>
>>> The problem is, roaming profiles don't seem to work. I've joined a
>>> computer through the vpn connection to the windows server domain, it
>>> worked, then I logged in as a user, who had already a profile,
>>> configured as roaming profile. The login worked, but the roaming
>>> profile was not transmitted to the client from the server.
>>>
>>> Do roaming profiles work at all over a vpn connection?
>>>
>>> This:
>>>
>>> http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=Roaming+profiles%2Bvpn&l=2&mkt=en-US&FORM=QBME2
>>>
>>> does not look very encouraging.
>>
>> No...the only way you'd stand *any* chance of this would be if you
>> a) had a site-link/WAN-link VPN between two compatible
>> firewalls/routers/etc, or b) checked "log in using dialup
>> connection" in WinXP/2k to launch the VPN connection.
>> If this is a laptop, you could have it log in on your LAN once to
>> cache the profile - but over a VPN client link I don't think I'd
>> even bother with this otherwise.
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