Re: Terminal Server Roaming Profiles and Outlook 2007

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Does Group Policy for Office exist for 2007? I've read that it doesn't, and
guess that I've not seen it, so I assumed that it was true.

"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

Many many options can be configured through Group Policy for Office. As
for Outlook specifically have you ever looked at the resource kit and
the Custom Installation Wizard? One portion of that is setting up the
necessary exchange information so that the outlook profile is setup
automatically on first login. So no, MS doesn't expect users to do that
but they do give the tools for administrators to do that and make it
ever very easy. You should take a look at it. It would probably fix
most of your issues.

Jeff Pitsch
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Jer wrote:
My company doesn't exactly make a point of hiring people with any kind of
tech savy at all. Although setting up a mailbox and Personal Folder or 6 is
not exactly a technical strain, it is something that the vast majority of our
users are going to find difficult and all will find inconvenient. Same with
going into every Office application and configuring options and add-ins. Our
users just are not going to 'get' that and the flame mails will be coming
from everywhere (once they figure out how to send email). If it is, indeed,
Microsofts expectation that all Terminal Server users setup all their
settings to applications upon their 1st login, then so be it. I've done the
scripting before (to modify the registry upon login), so I can probably
figure something out. I was just hoping that I was doing something wrong and
another means would meet my needs (taking the username and populating the
appropriate fields).

Jer

"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

What exactly are you setting up in Outlook that can't wait until the
actual user logs in? Most companies especially large ones want the
profile to be correct for each user, not showing someone else on splash
screens, etc, especially when it comes to the use credentials when
office shows who has a particular file open. The same goes for any
office app, what exactly needs to be setup ahead of time?

Jeff Pitsch
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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Jer wrote:
I have Terminal Server 2003 R2 SP2 servers. I've read a ton on creating
roaming profiles and have been pretty successful over the years at making
them work. Basically, I'm trying to find the best way for me to create a
"default user" that will work with Outlook 2007. What I currently do is go
thru everything as an admin user and get every application and Windows layout
as I want. Then I log out and copy this profile. Then I call it "Default
User". Previously, the only problem with this was that some splash screens
and certain other settings maintained the Admin's credentials. So, the
Outlook 2000 splash screen stated Admin as the user, but once in it, it was
the actual user's email and personal folders. This, in combination with some
registry modifications, the Office Profile Wizard, and some scripting,
resulted in an environment that worked (although I had to change the
ntuser.dat to ntuser.man). Now, with Outlook 2007, the same approach results
in the user trying to actually open the Admin's email instead of their own.
If I go into Control Panel -> Mail and change it for the user, then all is
fine. After 90 minutes with a Microsoft tech, I have found that they were
zero help. Their answer is to have me have a very generic Default User, and
then have each user set up their environment. It may have been the language
barrier, but that seems messed up for a large environment. Is it possible to
create a roaming profile (Default User) that has everything already setup for
the new user upon their first login? Meaning, if they go into Outlook, it
will try to open their mailbox? It sure seems that is should be easy enough,
but I keep hitting roadblocks. I do see several registry changes that I
could try in HKCU, but it seems a bit daunting.

Please advise.

Thank you,

Jer

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