AppData Roaming Issues

Hi - I have a policy that redirects AppData folder separate from the user's Documents, Desktop, Favorites, etc. Each folders are separated from each other so redirection happens on all folders when users login into TS server. The issue with AppData is when
the user logs in to a local laptop as themselves, it also does roaming locally to the laptop which causes the following scenario:
1. Local AppData streams over a slow bandwidth link (vpn, ptp, dsl).
2. Local AppData settings (i.e. user personalized settings, task bar shortcuts, etc.) doesn't work when the user is not plugged in to the domain network.
Question:
1. I was wondering if there's a way to create a policy that will detect if the user is on a slow link network (i.e. remote, vpn, etc).
2. Is there a way to leave AppData cache when user is not in the domain network leaving user's personalized settings in their laptops?
Please kindly advise.
Cheers - DB

Hi,
For using Folder Redirection to redirect Appdata, only Appdata roaming can be redirected.
Besides, Folder redirection applies only to applications that use the Windows shell APIs to redirect common folder paths. For example, if an application writes a file to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming,
the file is written to the local profile and not redirected to the network location.
Regarding Folder Redirection, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Folder Redirection Group Policy Settings
http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.view.administration.doc/GUID-784A7FB5-033A-4541-A30A-43C9E5D16650.html
>>
1. I was wondering if there's a way to create a policy that will detect if the user is on a slow link network (i.e. remote, vpn, etc).
Yes, we can use Group Policy to configure slow link threshold.
Regarding slow link detection, the following article can be referred to for more information.
GPOs and Slow Link Detection
http://blogs.technet.com/b/musings_of_a_technical_tam/archive/2012/02/27/gpos-and-slow-link-detection.aspx
>>2. Is there a way to leave AppData cache when user is not in the domain network leaving user's personalized settings in their laptops?
Usually, Folder Redirection is used together with Offline Files which is enabled by default.
Offline Files makes network files available to an end user when a network connection to the server is unavailable or slow.
Regarding Offline Files and Folder Redirection, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Offline Files and Folder Redirection
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg277982(v=ws.10).aspx
What's New in Offline Files
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff183315(v=WS.10).aspx
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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