SBS2008 Redirected Folders and Laptop away from network, where are files locally?
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From: nits on 1 May 2010 11:15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://www.vistax64.com/showthread.php?t=277020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: How satisfied have you been with Redirected Folders instead of Roaming Profile? - Not happy with Redirected folders at all in my experience - More or less the same as Roaming Profile in my experience - Found it much more flexible and useful compared to Roaming Profile - I prefer another method of having a copy of workstation/laptop data ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::Hello,:: ::I�m sure many others have been looking for the same answer therefore hope that someone can shine some light on the matter for us all.:: ::We have a scenario at the moment where the SBS2008 has been setup, all working accordingly however there are three laptop/notebook users who also have Redirected Folders setup for Documents and Desktop with the server which seems to be working fine however few questions::: ::1.:: ::When users take their laptops away the files are still accessible however there is nothing in profile when you browse it, where are the local cached/offline files and folders for Redirected Folders?:: ::2.:: ::One user has been working away from the network for couple of weeks therefore not synchronised with server and his system has now crashed therefore is the local cached/offline data accessible to be backed up?:: ::3.:: ::We found major issues when we added AppData to the Redirected Folders; are there any issues with Favourites if added to Redirected Folders?:: ::I look forward to a helpful answer for above, especially the first two :):: ::Regards:: ::NITS:: -- nits
From: nits on 1 May 2010 13:17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://www.vistax64.com/showthread.php?t=277020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: How satisfied have you been with Redirected Folders instead of Roaming Profile? - Not happy with Redirected folders at all in my experience - More or less the same as Roaming Profile in my experience - Found it much more flexible and useful compared to Roaming Profile - I prefer another method of having a copy of workstation/laptop data ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::I believe I may have allocated the answer to my own first and second question also possibly the third...:: :: :: ::My colleague did some research and found that in Vista the Redirected Folders offline/cached files are held in a locked folder within C:\Windows\CSC however Microsoft have not made getting into this folder that simple, you need to take ownership of each folder, subfolder and every item within them, in our case we had to do each at a time which was a painful process however finally got the files backed up, I guess if you use Linux the permissions/security will be ignored altogether.:: :: :: ::Based on this finding I don’t believe there will be any issue with also adding Favourites to the Redirected Folders via the relevant GPO (do not add new GPO that does same thing, we’ve tested this and Vista really does not like that and started causing various issues on login and logout) however one question remains; Why didn’t Microsoft add this option to the Redirected Folders options menu via Windows SBS Console? Maybe they know something we don’t? Because when you adjust the Redirected Folders GPO for anything else and change any of the options via Windows SBS Console it resets to default again therefore this question still remains to be confirmed.:: :: :: ::Anyway I hope this info helps others.:: :: :: ::Regards:: ::NITS:: -- nits
From: Leythos on 1 May 2010 13:49
One thing I like about REDIRECTED folders is that there is nothing for a local admin to see in the local computers documents/settings folder for other users. This makes the solution a lot more secure than under previous methods. |