Moving user profiles in Outlook 2003 in Active Directory environment
Active Directory, Outlook 2003, Roaming Profiles, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2003 Networking
I need to move roaming profiles with 3 folders (User, Home, and MSOutlookData)to a different drive on one of our servers....in an AD environment. I have never done this before, would appreciate any tips/tricks/cautions that anyone has to offer
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February 22, 2011 5:56 PM
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March 30, 2011 10:28 PM
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I would create the new folder area and create a new group policy. Use a test user and move from the old group policy to the new policy. Then change his home folder path on the profile tab.
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That was what we ended up doing – tested on dummy users, then moved out the ‘live’ users after we were sure of the results. Thanks