What is difference between folder redirection and roaming profile?

What is difference between folder redirection and roaming profile?

Roaming User Profiles is used to redirect a user profile to a network location. Folder Redirection enables users and administrators to redirect the path of a known folder to a new location, manually or by using Group Policy.

What benefit does using folder redirection in conjunction with roaming profiles have?

Roaming profiles and folder redirection can significantly increase the convenience factor for users by making their settings and data available across different machines. They are also a prerequisite for synchronizing settings and data between a server and a laptop, which might not always be in the office.

Should I redirect AppData roaming?

I typically recommend we redirect AppData. IF we see application performance issues, we can use a solution like Citrix Profile Management to allow certain folders to be copied to the local system. This way, we can get the best of both worlds: fast logon and application performance.

What is the advantage of using folder redirection in a group policy?

Both technologies have their advantages, and they can be used separately or together to create a seamless user experience from one computer to another. They also provide additional options for administrators managing user data. Folder Redirection lets administrators redirect the path of a folder to a new location.

Why do we need folder redirection?

It is often used in an office network environment, to ensure that users do not store data locally, when a network device is the preferred storage location. Folder Redirection allows saving data regardless of storage location and separates user data from profile data decreasing the time required to log on.

What stays the same on a roaming profile?

A roaming user profile is a file synchronization concept in the Windows NT family of operating systems that allows users with a computer joined to a Windows domain to log on to any computer on the same domain and access their documents and have a consistent desktop experience, such as applications remembering toolbar …

What do roaming profiles contain?

A user’s roaming profile contains bookmarks, autofill data, passwords, some browsing history, browser preferences, and installed extensions. It doesn’t contain information about cookies, browsing sessions, cached or downloaded files, local browser instance data, or other transient data.

What are two reasons you would want to configure folder redirection policies?

To specify the location of folders in a user profile

• Basic—Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location.
• Advanced—Specify locations for various user groups.
• Follow the documents folder.
• Not configured.
• Additional considerations.