Re: SBS 2003 roaming profiles

John <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ok home folders are now dead.
I am creating a couple shares on the server for their data,
will post back with results.

Check this out: "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



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

John <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So let me see if i get this straight,
1. nothing ever should be on the desktop except the shortcuts

Yes, if you aren't going to redirect Desktop. I like to discourage
people from storing crap on the desktop anyway, though.

2. I have a home folder setup so everything should be moved to
there than?

You don't need home directories; those are a pretty archaic concept.
Just folder redirection via group policy. You can still map a drive
- e.g.,

net use h: "\\server\users\%username\My Documents" /persistent:no


3. wouldn't redirecting the folders to a server mean, that all
data sits on the server and the workstations just pull from there?

Yes, that's precisely what it means, and it's a good idea.

are am i thinking of something else.

and thankyou for helping me through this.

I disagree about not using My Documents - I think it's important
that users not store anything locally. Even non-business-related
stuff. I'd rather have it all on the server and just have a company
policy about a) privacy or lack thereof for all such items and b)
what sorts of files are not permitted (e.g., MP3, etc). Train users
that the My Docs data is for stuff that not everyone needs access
to. Set up other shares (e.g., \\server\shared$) for company-wide
data. Set up shares for Accounting, HR, Management & assign
permissions via security groups. Just don't store anything on the
local workstation hard drive.


"Joe" wrote:

John wrote:
all that has been done, except i cannot keep the users my
documents and their desktop small. the workers are working with
50 to 60 pdfs daily, and they have of media (pictures, and small
videos)


Sorry, much of this has to be discipline. *Nothing* should ever
stored
on the desktop except shortcuts and temporary files until the end
of a session. Nothing should be kept there across a logoff.

It's a business workstation, not a private PC, and all stored data
should be accessible in the case of someone being absent/sick/etc.,
so nothing should be stored in any folder beginning with 'My',
either. Roaming profiles can include a server folder automatically
mapped to a drive letter on logon, and that should be done with
permissions set appropriately. Any genuinely confidential business
data should have its own server folder, again with appropriate
permissions set.

I realise this may not be easy to achieve, but profile corruption
is not unusual, and business data should not be stored there.
Individual companies will have their own policies about the
storage of personal data.

With Vista, this is all even more important, as permissions are
much more restrictive, needing more administrative work to get at
data in a user's absence, and the profiles seem much more fragile,
at least with SBS2003.

--
Joe



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