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networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection

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Use Group Policy to Exclude Users from Folder Redirection

See also Folder Redirection

See also Windows Group Policy

Group Policy Precedence (Inheritance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQns7K-brM

You might consider excluding admin users or portable computer users from Windows Profile Folder Redirection.

:!: We create an Active Directory user group named NoRedirection adding users for whom we don't want Folder Redirection.

:!: We create a Group Policy Object linked to the AD OU containing your user objects.

:!: We use the user group NoRedirection in the Security Filtering section of the GPO to limit it's effect to the desired users.

:!: We create folder redirection policies that set the policy back to the local profile location (the default) in order to counteract the upstream redirection policy.

NoRedirection GPO

Create the NoRedirection GPO

Target Tab

Settings Tab

networking/windows/active_directory/no_redirection.1420736364.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/01/08 09:59 by gcooper