Offline synching has been great under Vista and Win7. I use it with all my laptops (and even a couple desktops)
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Chris Blair <[email protected]>wrote: > What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge > pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out > of the office. > > > > Is offline syncing better in Win7? > > > > > > *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network > > > > This is one reason why we don’t do offline files. > > With folder redirection, their “My Docs” will follow them without leaving > anything on the client. > > > > > > > > *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network > > > > Since our users do not “roam”, we will probably stick with folder > redirection. > > > > Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline > access. When offline access is enabled, and let’s say a person does sign > into another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer. > Is there a way to stop this? I don’t want an IT person’s documents being > synced to every computer they sign into. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Redirect folders to network > > > > Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide > different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating > environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to > multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine > to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to > go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my > documents and application data directories so that the contents of those > aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save > things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well. > > > > Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure > important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be > backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting > the my documents folder. > > > > YMMV > > > > - Sean > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit. > > > > We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are > users, and they do not listen… > > > > > > *From:* VIPCS [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network > > > > Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for > users? Or instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on > a server? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris > > VIPCS > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Redirect folders to network > > > > XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD. > > > > We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The main > objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup. I did > some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are storing > documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be redirected as > well. > > > > Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline? > > > > Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in > general? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
