CSS Learning Activity Sheets Home Folder and Folder Redirection
CSS Learning Activity Sheets Home Folder and Folder Redirection
Objective/s: Learn the steps on how to configure Folder Redirection and Home
Folder (GPO)
Understand the importance of redirecting folders and documents
Learn the steps on how to deploy Printers using Group Policy
As of Windows Server 2008 R2, the folders you can redirect are as follows:
3. Then inside the OU, a GPO named (Test FR) was also created for the two users.
Note: The procedures on how to create numbers 1-3 is available on your previous modules.
How to redirect folders?
2. Share the folder so it will be available on the network. Right click the folder
then select properties, then go to Sharing tab so you could select Advanced
Sharing.
3. On the next window, tick the “Share this folder, then click on Permissions.
7. Once all this is done. Navigate to your Organizational Unit (CSS1), Right click
then select Edit.
10. On the settings menu, click the drop down button then select “Basic –
Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location”. Keep target folder location as
it is. Then type or paste the network path of your folder (Folder Redirection)
on the root path. Click Apply and your done.
11. To check if the configuration took effect, simply login the user within
the Organizational Unit where you created the GPO on any client computer.
After logging in, go back to the Server where you created the folder “Folder
Redirection. Here you will see the redirected Documents folder of the user
MendozaJ.
HOME FOLDERS
A home folder is a private network location where users can store personal
files. It is stored in a shared folder on a network server. When you create the home
folder on a network server, users can access it from any computer on the network.
Administrators can use this centralized storage area to easily backup important
network files. Users from any version of Windows can access their home folders.
Home Folders work a lot like Folder Redirections, but with home folder, you can
easily locate your files as it is represented by a local drive icon on the client computer.
1. The first step in creating a Home Folder is a lot like Folder Redirection. You
must create a root folder where your files will be saved. In this example we will
be using the folder name “Home Folder”.
2. Just like in Folder Redirection. You have to share the Home Folder to the
domain users.
3. Copy the network path of this folder.
4. Once shared. Navigate to your Active Directory Users and Computers located
on your Server Manager dashboard.
5. Right click on the user profile where you want to create a Home Folder then
select Properties.
6. On the User Properties, go to Profile. Then select the Connect button for Home
Folder, select any Drive letter that you want to use.
7. Now, type in the Network path that you saved earlier, you can add the
command \%username% to have your username appear on your Home
Folder. Click Apply once done.
8. To check if the configuration was successful, login to the user profile where
you created the Home Folder.
9. You will notice that a new drive has been created on your Network locations
with the selections you’ve made earlier.
Activity 2: ACRONYMS
Directions: Provide the meaning for the following acronyms.
1. GPO –
2. OU –
3. GPM –
4. AD –
Activity 1: What am I?
Directions: Using the screenshots below, identify which from the two options is
being configured. Write your answer beside each number.
1.
2. 3.
4.
5.
Directions: Using your own words. Answer the following questions.
TRUE or FALSE
Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Write T if the statement is correct
and write F if the statement is incorrect. Write your answer on the space provided.
IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Identify the terms being described from the statements below. Write your
answer at the end of each statement.
2. Enables users and administrators to redirect the path of a known folder to a new
location, manually or by using Group Policy.
Beckman K. 4sysops.com. Folder Redirection - Part 1: Introduction.
https://4sysops.com/archives/folder-redirection-part-1-introduction/
Microsoft. Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Roaming User Profiles overview.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/folder-
redirection/folder-redirection-rup-overview
Prepared by:
JOSE JEROME C. MENDOZA
Marinduque National High School
Schools Division of Marinduque