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Chapter 6: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming User Profiles
Creating a network storage location
for the Master Roaming User Profiles
For any installation of Dragon, you must first determine where on the network the Master Roam-
ing User Profiles should be located.
Dragon lets you store your Master Roaming User Profiles on:
n Any networked computer.
You are not strictly required to store Master Roaming User Profiles on a server. Any shared
location accessible to other computers on the network is a perfectly acceptable place to store
Master Roaming User Profiles.
n a Windows file server
n A web server (HTTP)
n A secure web server running SSL (HTTPS)
Note:The location(s) you pick must be accessible to all computers where users will dictate with a
Roaming User Profile. Each location must have adequate storage space for Roaming User Profiles.
For more information, see Storage space required for User Profiles.
What to consider for the Master Roaming User
Profile location
To set up a location for the Master Roaming User Profiles, you should first determine:
n The kind of network file server on which you want to store your MasterRoaming User Profiles.
Make sure it has enough storage space. Each location you pick must be accessible to all
computers where your users will dictate with Roaming User Profiles. You can create multiple
network storage locations.
n How the computers from where your users will dictate will connect to that network location;
for example using a mapped drive, UNC connection, or an HTTPor HTTPS connection..
Using a networked computer or Windows file
server
If you choose to use a networked computer or Windows server, you should determine the path to
where the MasterRoaming User Profiles will reside. You can create multiple network storage loca-
tions.
The Roaming feature supports the following types of locations for your Master Roaming User
Profiles:
n Mapped Drives—Connects to a shared network folder that has a drive letter assigned to it.
n UNC Paths—Connects to a shared network folder using the Universal Naming Convention
(UNC) to locate a user profile. Format is: \\<servername>\<sharename>\<path>\<filename>.
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