Using Sync as a one way backup?

I have a user with a client mac (MacBook Pro). The MBP actually remains on our network at all times and I want to backup both her Documents and Desktop folders every time she logs out, no need to backup anything else. She has a home folder on our Active Directory controlled file servers. I can manage her AD account via Workgroup Manager because our schema has been extended.
Is there a way to set up a Home Sync so that it acts as a one way (client to server) backup each time she logs out? I can't use background sync, mainly because of the issues with the MS Database files from Office 2008. I don't actually want to "sync" in this case, just really create a snapshot backup of the 2 folders from her Mac each time she logs out. No history of file versions is required.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

you may not find step by step instructions to make it a one way sync. but check the details pane in wgm to add keys to the homesync prefs that may get you close.
also, check here:
http://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/BestPractices_ClientMgmt.pdf
and on http://afp548.com

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I found (one) way to fix this error...well, at least it worked for me (see below):
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There's more to it than this IMHO. Here is my explanation:
If I go back in my Time Machine backups and restore the previous version before I installed iTunes 11.4, the version of that same kext was also listed as being "7.0" despite being older and twice the size (120400 bytes vs. 63024 bytes in the 11.4-installed version).
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/System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature used to contain
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root wheel 172 Jan 31 2014 CodeDirectory
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root wheel    92 Jan 31 2014 CodeRequirements
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root wheel 1745 Jan 31 2014 CodeResources
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root wheel 4064 Jan 31 2014 CodeSignature
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext/Contents used to contain symbolic links down into there:
lrwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel    28 Jun 12 2012 CodeDirectory@ -> _CodeSignature/CodeDirectory
lrwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel    31 Jun 12 2012 CodeRequirements@ -> _CodeSignature/CodeRequirements
lrwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel    28 Jun 12 2012 CodeSignature@ -> _CodeSignature/CodeSignature
When iTunes 11.4 was installed via Software Update/App Store, it removed CodeDirectory/CodeRequirements/CodeSignature but it did not remove the corresponding symbolic links. Presumably that is what triggered the "cannot be used" pop-up message.
Trashing the kext and installing it from the downloaded 11.4 .dmg does not create the symbolic links, thus avoiding the problem.
Obviously rolling back to the previous (Jan 2014) kext will fix the problem as well as the symbolic links point to files that exist.
(I'm really curious to know what happened between BuildVersion 305 and BuildVersion 417 that caused it to shrink nearly by half. It looks to me like the Code Signing stuff got ripped out - Lord knows why.)

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