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Simple Step: Configure Folder Redirection in Window Server 2012 R2

This document provides instructions for configuring folder redirection in Windows Server 2012 R2. Folder redirection allows administrators to redirect user folders like Documents to a file server location. This enables easier management of desktop settings and standardized environments. The document outlines 11 simple steps to set up folder redirection, including creating a GPO, linking it to an OU, configuring the redirection in the GPO for the Documents folder to a shared network path, and testing the redirection.

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Simple Step: Configure Folder Redirection in Window Server 2012 R2

This document provides instructions for configuring folder redirection in Windows Server 2012 R2. Folder redirection allows administrators to redirect user folders like Documents to a file server location. This enables easier management of desktop settings and standardized environments. The document outlines 11 simple steps to set up folder redirection, including creating a GPO, linking it to an OU, configuring the redirection in the GPO for the Documents folder to a shared network path, and testing the redirection.

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Simple Step : Configure Folder Redirection in

Window Server 2012 R2

As a Server Admin, you can use GPOs to deploy scripts to users


and computers.

You also can redirect folders that are included in the user’s profile to
a File Server. These features enable you to configure the users’
desktop settings more easily and, where desirable, to create a
standardized desktop environment that meets your organization’s
needs.

So, what is Folder Redirection?

You can use the Folder Redirection to manage data effectively and,
if you choose, to back up data.

By redirecting folders, you can ensure user access to data


regardless of the computers from which a user logs in.

So in this post, lets go through a simple step on how to configure


Folder Redirection…

1 – 1st, make sure that you have share folder for this step, for this
demo, i had my shared folder created previously (MCT Docs – OSI
Branch 01)…
2 – Next, we need to create a new GPO and link it to the IT OU (you
can use any OU you prefer)…

– On the Group Policy Management console, right click IT OU and


then click Create a GPO in this domain and Link it here…

3 – In the Name box, type MCT Folder Redirection, and then click
OK…
4 – Next, expand IT OU, right-click MCT Folder Redirection, and
then click Edit…

5 – In the Group Policy Management Editor, under User


Configuration, expand Policies, expand
Windows Settings, and then expand Folder Redirection…

– Next, right-click Documents, and then click Properties…


6 – In the Document Properties dialog box, on the Target tab, next
to Setting, click the drop-down
arrow, and then select Basic – Redirect everyone’s folder to the
same location…

– Ensure the Target folder location box is set to Create a folder for
each user under the root path…

– In the Root Path box, type \\dc01\MCT Docs – OSI Branch 01,
and then click OK…
7 – In the Warning dialog box, click Yes…

8 – Next, lets try test the folder redirection settings, switch to your
client PC and log in as any of your domain user, right-click the
desktop, and then click Personalize…
9 – In the navigation pane, click Change desktop icons…

10 – In Desktop Icon Settings, select the User’s Files check box,


and then click OK…
11 – On the desktop, double-click Steve Winfield folder…

– Right-click Documents, and then click Properties…

12 – In the Document Properties dialog box, verify that the location


of the folder is now the network
share in a subfolder named for the user…

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