Turning roaming profiles off
We have roaming profiles setup for users connecting into RD host session servers in our RD Farm. What happens if roaming profiles are turned off in group policy for users. Will the profile be copied to the server they log into? Or will
a new local profile be created next time they log in?
Hi,
Thank you for your posting in Windows Server Forum.
A roaming user profile is a copy of the local profile that is copied to, and stored on, a server share. This profile is downloaded to each computer a user logs onto on a network. Changes made to a roaming user profile are synchronized with the server copy of
the profile when the user logs off. The advantage of roaming user profiles is that users do not need to create a profile on each computer they use on a network.
Please check below article for more information regarding roaming user profile.
User Profiles on Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/06/02/user-profiles-on-windows-server-2008-r2-remote-desktop-services.aspx
Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Dharmesh
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This may be a stupid question, but currently we are
using OS X Server 10.3.9 as a PDC and are allowing
both OS X and Windows logins. What I want to do is
allow Windows logins w/o using roaming profiles. It
seems to be having an adverse affect on the network,
particularly when logging on via a wireless network.
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Hey folks!
I administrate a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Domain with about 40 users on
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Thanks for your posting.
The Event 1509 can happen if the destination path of the users profile is on a server with a long name and share folder name. For detail information, please refer to:
User profile cannot be loaded with Event ID 1509, DETAIL - The filename or extension is too long
http://blogs.technet.com/b/win7/archive/2011/02/15/user-profile-cannot-be-loaded-with-event-id-1509-detail-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long.aspx
User profile cannot be loaded with Event ID 1509, DETAIL - The filename or extension is too long
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2536571
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Thanks1.) What are you doing with the App-V Icon path? e.g. %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\AppV\Client\Integration\<GUID>\Root\AppVClientUX.exe.0.ico ?
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