Hello Ken, Thank you for your response...but I am still unclear. let me try and explain how I interpret the statement from MS.
*If you use Roaming User Profiles, you can use Folder Redirection to reduce the total size of your Roaming Profile and make the user logon and logoff process more efficient for the end-user. * Implement roaming profiles. Implement folder redirection for folders which are possible ( with Windows 7 as more and more folders can be efficiently redirected using GPO ) *When you deploy Folder Redirection with Roaming User Profiles, the data synchronized with Folder Redirection is not part of the roaming profile and is synchronized in the background by using Offline Files after the user has logged on. * So if I want to enable GPO "Disable offline files" for a specific set of users which should not be allowed to have access to offline files feature. Than reading the above sentence I feel this will affect the roaming profiles as roaming profiles takes help of offline files to speed the process up in the background.? *Therefore, the user does not have to wait for this data to be synchronized when they log on or log off as is the case with Roaming User Profiles* ** Please advise. :( cheers Rob On 4 March 2010 10:07, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > With Folder Redirection, you can move some folders (e.g. “My Documents”) to > an alternate shared folder location. This means that the entire My Documents > folder doesn’t need to be copied back/forth when the user logs on or logs > off, because it’s now not stored in the user’s profile path. > > > > If you disable Offline Files/Folders for that user, then will not be able > to access their My Documents folder, as it’s not going to be cached locally > for that user. In that case, if you are have a roaming profile for the user, > you’ll need to store My Documents inside the profile path if you want them > to have offline/disconnected access to their documents. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > > > *From:* helpdesk UK [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, 4 March 2010 4:58 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Roaming profiles > > > > > > Any ideas will be much appreciated ? > > > > I am a little confused reading this the way i interpret this ( the roaming > profiles take the help of offline files technology in the background to > assist in a trickle feed the profile. So if I disable the offline files for > user type 2 the profile might land up loading very slowly ) > > > > > > cheers > > > > Rob > > On 3 March 2010 18:45, helpdesk UK <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > A quick question regarding offline files & roaming profiles. > > > > I am in the midst of installing a new Windows 2008 R2 domain and now at the > point where I need to implement GPO. > > > > I have two types of users. > > > > 1. Which need too have offline files ( senior mgmt ) > > 2. Normal users ( should not be able to use offline files ) > > > > ============================================================== > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732275.aspx > > > > If you use Roaming User Profiles, you can use Folder Redirection to reduce > the total size of your Roaming Profile and make the user logon and logoff > process more efficient for the end-user. When you deploy Folder Redirection > with Roaming User Profiles, the data synchronized with Folder Redirection is > not part of the roaming profile and is synchronized in the background by > using Offline Files after the user has logged on. Therefore, the user does > not have to wait for this data to be synchronized when they log on or log > off as is the case with Roaming User Profiles > > ============================================================== > > > > so if I disable offline files for user type two will that than affect the > roaming profiles i.e. logon times? > > > > Please shed some light in this area will be much appreciated. > > > > cheers > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Chris > > MCP > > > > > > > > > > -- Chris MCP ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
