I want to do a "test" redirect of folders before implementing it
fully. Is there a way to just select a few users and redirect their
folders in SBS 2003?



Thanks,
Jim

Hi Jim:

Folder redirection is done by the Group Policy that applies to the OU where
the SBS stations are located. But it is nothing more than a forced changing
of the My Documents location ot a location on the SBS (or some other place
if you change the GPO).

You can do the exact same thing from a user desktop. Rclick the my documents
folder and change the path to some folder on the SBS or some other place.
In SBS it is normally X:\users\username, but it could be any folder on the
server that the user has access to.

The next time that user logs on it will take some time to move all the documents.
If there are GB of stuff in the my docs folder you may want to reduce it
some and them manually move the rest.

Or, for a test, you could move one or two users to a different OU and create
a special GPO, but be aware that the other GPO's will no longer apply.


-
Larry
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> I want to do a "test" redirect of folders before implementing it
> fully. Is there a way to just select a few users and redirect their
> folders in SBS 2003?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

On Apr 28, 1:32*pm, Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] <lstruckme...@newsgroup-
wizards.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim:
>
> Folder redirection is done by the Group Policy that applies to the OU where
> the SBS stations are located. *But it is nothing more than a forced changing
> of the My Documents location ot a location on the SBS (or some other place
> if you change the GPO).
>
> You can do the exact same thing from a user desktop. *Rclick the my documents
> folder and change the path to some folder on the SBS or some other place.
> *In SBS it is normally X:\users\username, but it could be any folder onthe
> server that the user has access to.
>
> The next time that user logs on it will take some time to move all the documents.
> *If there are GB of stuff in the my docs folder you may want to reduce it
> some and them manually move the rest.
>
> Or, for a test, you could move one or two users to a different OU and create
> a special GPO, but be aware that the other GPO's will no longer apply.
>
> -
> Larry
> Please post the resolution to your
> issue so others may benefit
> -
> Get Your SBS Health Check atwww.sbsbpa.com
>
>
>

> > I want to do a "test" redirect of folders before implementing it
> > fully. *Is there a way to just select a few users and redirect their
> > folders in SBS 2003?

>

> > Thanks,
> > Jim

Ahhhh! Now I see!. Thank you. I have always approached this from
gpedit.msc, not via ADUC. Very cool.

-Jim