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Appendix B Folder redirection and roaming profiles
User settings and user files are typically stored in the local user profile, under the Users folder. These
files usually reside on the local hard drive which makes it difficult for users who use more than one
computer to work with their data and synchronize settings between multiple computers. Roaming
profiles and folder redirection technologies can be used to address this issue and we used both to
provide seamless user experience and better manageability of the virtual desktops.
Folder Redirection lets administrators redirect the path of a folder to a new location. The location can
be a folder on the local computer or a directory on a network file share. Users can work with
documents on a server as if the documents were based on a local drive. The documents in the folder
are available to the user from any computer on the network.
Roaming User Profiles provide a way to give users a familiar and easy-to-use working environment.
Unlike a local profile, which is stored on a single computer, a roaming profile is stored on a network
share, which means it can be accessed from any computer on the network.