Re: Roaming Profiles

In news:1159970408.191778.112790@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Custom GT <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
ok...could u explain?

say i open off the desktop of a roaming file, matt.xls

i modify it and save it

then my computer crashes.

Did this get copied to my /profile/matt on the server? or maybe it
copies to my HD and syncs with the /profile/matt when i logon and off?

Forget the roaming profile issue for a second...

If you are using folder redirection, *just* folder redirection, you're
accessing the file from the server. So, whatever you saved, you saved.
Whatever you didn't save, you didn't. There's only that one file.

If you're using offline files, you're accessing a local copy of the file.
Which may or may not get saved/synced to the server when/if you crash.

OK - and if you were using (properly configured!) roaming profiles, and you
hadn't done folder redirection for Desktop, there is still a copy of that
file in your profile folder on the server. So, the saved file on your
desktop ought to copy up to the profile folder on the server, when you next
log in.

I do not like offline files. I have found more problems than I can name with
that feature, and I won't use it. Other people love them, so, your mileage
may vary.

I suggest you enable folder redirection for My Documents (and perhaps
Desktop, but frankly, I usually prefer to tell users, "don't save crap on
the desktop"). I also suggest you disable offline files, but that's your
choice. When you have everything working, then you can look into roaming
profiles if you wish to use them.




thanks

matt

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
In news:1159911816.863007.58460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Custom GT <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hello

I was just curious on how roaming profiles worked. We have them set
up with sbs 2003.


If my desktop pc is logged into the domain, and it gets unplugged,
is my data (my user data) kept in sync with the server or does it
only write to it when you do a log off or a restart/shutdown?


I have always wondered how this work....


thanks


Matt


Reply

You're confusing "offline files" (which I think are icky) with
"roaming profiles" (which I personally like, when they're configured
properly).



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