Windows NT Synch My Documents for Notebook Users

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I am trying to design/conceptualize a more efficient storage and
productivity upgrade with two notebook users in our center.
Currently I have about thirty users all on desktops, but I also have
two notebook users that often travel and need files out of their my
documents folder while at conferences/meetings which may not have
Internet access for them to log into the server.

What I would like to do is when they do log in, their notebooks synch
their local my documents to the terminal server's my documents.

What I believe I need to do is create a shared folder where their My
Documents are redirected. Then make that folder available for off-
line access. Then synch it to the notebooks my documents.

What I've done so far is the following:

Created a separate drive (Limited disk space on current drive)
I attempted to add that drive to their profile in their users accounts
properties in both their profile and terminal server profile. That
created a Windows\system folder, but nothing else, their documents are
still located where they were before.

If any can give me some assistance or correction on how I'm
approaching this, I'd be grateful.

I'd also like to once again thank the people that helped me with my
printing problem, I went ahead and created VPN's and haven't had any
trouble yet.

Rodney
Americorps Vista Voulenteer
 
How is your current environment configured?
Laptop users also log in to TS, or do they just use the locally installed
applications?

If your laptop users indeed access TS and need their documents also in the
TS environment, best method is to use Offline Folders for the My Documents
folder. If you only configure another home folder or ts profile path in AD,
My Documents will not be moved automatically. This is configured in the GPO
under the User Shell Folders. If you want to modify the location of the My
Documents folder, take a look at your GPO.

Hope this points you a bit in the good direction.

kind regards,
Floris van der Ploeg

"rjcmi" wrote:

> I am trying to design/conceptualize a more efficient storage and
> productivity upgrade with two notebook users in our center.
> Currently I have about thirty users all on desktops, but I also have
> two notebook users that often travel and need files out of their my
> documents folder while at conferences/meetings which may not have
> Internet access for them to log into the server.
>
> What I would like to do is when they do log in, their notebooks synch
> their local my documents to the terminal server's my documents.
>
> What I believe I need to do is create a shared folder where their My
> Documents are redirected. Then make that folder available for off-
> line access. Then synch it to the notebooks my documents.
>
> What I've done so far is the following:
>
> Created a separate drive (Limited disk space on current drive)
> I attempted to add that drive to their profile in their users accounts
> properties in both their profile and terminal server profile. That
> created a Windows\system folder, but nothing else, their documents are
> still located where they were before.
>
> If any can give me some assistance or correction on how I'm
> approaching this, I'd be grateful.
>
> I'd also like to once again thank the people that helped me with my
> printing problem, I went ahead and created VPN's and haven't had any
> trouble yet.
>
> Rodney
> Americorps Vista Voulenteer
>
>
 
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