1 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:03,630 Okay. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:09,280 So let's summarize this module on folder redirection and kind of the process of rolling user data around 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,330 on server shares. 4 00:00:11,230 --> 00:00:16,870 So folder redirection policy which we introduced in this module, can be used to redirect those key 5 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:21,130 user data folders out of the profile and up to a server share somewhere. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,670 And with folder redirection, you get a lot of stuff for free, like the automatic creation of the folder 7 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:29,410 and the positioning of the folder. 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:37,100 You can optionally copy the user's data up at first, log on so you get all of that stuff for free with 9 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:38,660 using folder redirection. 10 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:45,050 And I did also mention that some folders probably shouldn't be redirected like app data and desktop. 11 00:00:45,890 --> 00:00:51,560 But that there's a lot of folders like documents and music and pictures and history that can and should 12 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,400 be redirected. 13 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:57,110 If you've got users that are moving from machine to machine and need a way to drag their content along 14 00:00:57,110 --> 00:00:57,500 with them. 15 00:00:58,340 --> 00:01:03,200 So when used in conjunction with roaming profiles, this really provides that kind of seamless, you 16 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,450 know, go to machine from machine to machine and have not only my user experience in terms of how my 17 00:01:08,450 --> 00:01:12,320 desktop and environment looks, but also the data that I need to do my work. 18 00:01:12,590 --> 00:01:15,830 How all that kind of follows you to each of those machines that you go to. 19 00:01:16,670 --> 00:01:22,220 Now, again, redirection can be either basic, which is just, you know, redirect everyone that processes 20 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:26,660 that policy to the same location or use the same rules to send them to the same location. 21 00:01:27,530 --> 00:01:33,440 Or advanced redirection, which lets you leveraged security groups to redirect different groups or members 22 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,810 of different groups to different folder shares. 23 00:01:36,710 --> 00:01:42,020 Now redirected folders are automatically cached using the offline files feature in windows. 24 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:49,050 And you'll notice that if you go and right click the folder or a document that's been redirected, you'll 25 00:01:49,050 --> 00:01:55,230 see that it says that it's always available offline and that can be turned off using group policy. 26 00:01:55,230 --> 00:01:57,480 Using administrative templates settings. 27 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,440 But by and large, that's the default. 28 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:05,930 Now, if you don't need that, all of the bells and whistles of folder redirection, you know, there 29 00:02:05,930 --> 00:02:10,670 are some downsides that I mentioned, like it requiring a synchronous foreground refresh to take effect. 30 00:02:10,670 --> 00:02:15,680 And the fact that if you're automatically copying hundreds of megs or gigs of data up, that may not 31 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,680 be a great scenario for the user on that first log on. 32 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,600 If you don't need any of that sort of auto magic stuff, that folder redirection does. 33 00:02:23,780 --> 00:02:28,520 Then I showed you that group policy preferences registry tweak you can make to the user shell folders 34 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:34,160 path and the users registry that can be a nice low tech alternative to making folder redirection happen. 35 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,760 And speaking of preferences, the next module I'm going to really dig into and kind of give you an overview 36 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:46,760 of using preferences across the board and some of the features that preferences provides that regular 37 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,440 old policies don't provide.