Can someone explain how Roaming Profiles and mapped My Documents work together?

[Kelvin]

If I understand correctly, if I enter a path in User Properties\Profile
(tab)\Profile Path, say \\ServerName\UserName the users profile will reside
there and no matter what computer they log into the will always use the same
profile, hence roaming profiles.
If I understand correctly the user profile at \\ServerName\UserName is
copied to the users PC each time they log in.

What I'm trying to accomplish\Understand is, how do I keep the users My
Documents from being copied down each time?

If I use a mapped drive for the users My Documents folder like
\\ServerName\UserName\My Documents, will this keep the users My Documents
folder from being copied down?

I have users who have large My Document folders and I don't want them to
have to wait for it to be copied each time they log on.

Thanks

Kelvin

 

[Salvador Manaois III]

You may need to use Folder redirection for your users' My Documents folders.
You can use either Group policy or login scripts to accomplish this. This
Technet link should provide you ample information on how to implement this
for your environment.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782799.aspx

 

[Kelvin]

Thanks for the link...

I have another question for clarification.
If I'm going to redirect the My Documents folder I would need to set a Home
folder in the users profile, is that correct?
In addition to redirect the My Documents folder I can also do roaming
profiles by entering a value in the Profile Path on the Profile tab, is that
correct?
Is it better to user a UNC path in the Home folder, Local path field or a
drive letter and a UNC path?

Thanks for your time!

Kelvin

 

[Kelvin]

I've created a GP, "Redirect My Documents".
With the following settings:
1). Under Setting: Advenaced (Specify location for various user groups)
Group = Domain\Domain Users
Path = \\%HOMESHARE%%HOMEPATH%
2.) Under Options:
Brant user exclusive rights to My Documents = Disabled
Move the contents of My Documents to the new location = Enabled
Policy Removal Behaviour = Leave contents

When I log off and back on it takes over an hour to boot up.
Does this have to do with "Move the contents of My Documents to the new
location = Enabled"
When it finished "Applying Computer Settings" the files in my local My
Documents folder were still there.
I've now manually moved everything out of my local My Documents folder to my
network folder.

In my User Profile all I have set is my Home Folder set to, Connect "U:" and
to \\server\userdata\username

My My Document's Icon on the desktop still point to my local folder and the
path is locked and I can't edit it...

Any ideas on what I'm missing in this process?

Thanks

Kelvin