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Folder Redirect Question

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  • Desktops
  • Business Computing
  • Favorites
  • Servers
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August 7, 2014 7:40:25 AM

Hello I am look for some advice with a issue I have. I have recently picked up a new client of about 30 employees. They currently have folder redirects setup on their 2003 server. They are redirecting their documents right now to \\server2003\users\username\. They also have a 2008 server that I am looking to move all their shares over to, and also do the desktop and favorites as well. Right now I created new folders for each users in \\server2008\users\username\ and created a folder for the desktop, documents, and favorites in each users folder. I believe right now the folder redirects for my documents are setup using GPO what would be the best way to transfer the current data from the old server to the new one and also have their local desktop and favorites folder redirect to the server without losing any data.

The other issue is when I go to \\server2003\users all the users folders are named documents and not their user names. But if I click in the address bar the correct path shows up. I am not looking for a fix on this issue as I am moving all the shares.

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August 7, 2014 8:19:31 AM

I would use robocopy to actually move the data from the 2003 server to the 2008 server. Depending on the size, and time it takes. You could run the robocopy again - only replacing changes(at night with nobody logged on), and then change the group policy to redirect them to the 2008 server. When users logged on in the morning, the would map to the 2008 server.
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August 7, 2014 8:23:43 AM

But how would the desktop and favorites work since they are all on their local computers right now. When I setup the folder redirects for the desktop and favorites will the files be copied from the local folders on the computers to the server?
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August 18, 2014 8:49:20 AM

jeff-j said:
But how would the desktop and favorites work since they are all on their local computers right now. When I setup the folder redirects for the desktop and favorites will the files be copied from the local folders on the computers to the server?


When you redirect the folders, it will ask if you want to move existing files to the new locations. If you are doing that using policies, you may need to check on that procedure from MS knowledge base to see if that will automatically do that or if you need something set.
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