Mandatory profile question

[John]

Hi Everyone,

My company has five divisions, each of which need their
own profile in AD. I am going to assign a customized
mandatory profile to each division to keep things uniform,
but I also do not want to give the users certain rights,
therefore I will have to apply group policies.

My question is: do mandatory profiles overwrite group
policies, vice versa, or do they work together? Is there
a better way to push out profiles other than what I am
doing? I've tried folder redirection, but that meant
making a seperate group policy for every division. This
way, I can apply the mandatory profile, and have one
umbrella group policy go over the top of it for every
division. Any suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks!

 

[Chriss3]

You can have Mandatory Profiles together with Group Policies yes. What the
mandatory profile prevent is that the users can't customize the profile. You
should use Folder Redirection to redirect private folders such My Document
of the mandatory profile.

I Recommend you to have a look at the User Data and Settings Management
paper it describe this good.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/user01.mspx