On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Nigel Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this the best way or would it be more advisable to just get the users > to save files and copy them manually onto the network (although they > will need to remember to do this)
They never remember to do it. If you base your plan on that you will lose. If you must go that route, get approval in writing from top management and the department managers, and then make each and every user sign an acknoledgement form, and still be prepared to be fired when it goes wrong (which it will). Our solution involves all of the following: 1. Roaming profiles, so profile data gets copied to server on logout 2. GPO which sets NTFS permissions which prevent users from creating files or folders under C:\ itself, so they can't create stuff outside of their profile 3. Users are not Administrators or Power Users, so they can't bypass this CSC (Client Side Caching, AKA Offline Files) is optional unless you're also using Folder Redirection. CSC will help eliminate the burden of users manually maintaining in their user profile their own copies of network files, though, so it's a good idea. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
