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Dragon 13 Administrator Guide
Advantages of the Roaming feature
ItisimportanttodistinguishtheRoamingfeaturefromsimplybrowsingtoanetworkdirectory
andcreatingfilesthere.NuancerecommendsusingtheRoamingfeatureratherthanstoring
non-RoamingUserProfilesinanetworkdirectory.UsingtheRoamingfeature,youcan:
n Minimizenetworktraffic.WhenDragonopensaUserProfile,ifthereisalreadyacopy
oftheRoamingUserProfileonthelocalcomputer,onlytheupdatesaredownloaded
fromthenetwork.Whentheend-userclosestheUserProfileattheendofhisorher
dictationsession,onlytheupdatesfromthecurrentsessionareuploadedtothe
network.TheseupdatestypicallyamounttonomorethanafewKBofdata,as
opposedtoroughly55MBofdataiftheentireUserProfileisopenedandclosedover
thenetwork.
n Allowtheend-usertouseDragonevenifthenetworkdirectoryisunavailable.Inthat
case,DragonopensthelocalcopyoftheRoamingUserProfile.
n Givetheadministratorprecisecontroloverwhereend-userscanputUserProfiles.If
theRoamingfeatureisenabled,theadministratorcanspecifywhetherornottoalso
allowend-userstobrowsetoanyUserProfilelocation;thedefaultisnottoallow
browsing.ThismeansthattheadministratorcaneasilyseehowmanyUserProfiles
havebeencreatedandwhocreatedthem.IftheRoamingfeatureisnotenabled,end-
userscanbrowsetoanylocationtowhichtheyhaveaccessandcreateUserProfiles
there.
n IfHTTPRoamingisconfigured,itcanbeusedtoprovideusername/password
authenticationonUserProfiles.
Hosting Master Roaming User Profiles
ThereareseveralmethodsforhostingyourMasterRoamingUserProfiles:
n OnafileserveryouconnecttooveraMappedDrive
n OnafileserverthatyouconnecttooveraUNC(UniversalNamingConvention)
address
n OnawebserverthatyouconnecttooverHTTP(http://)
n OnasecurewebserverthatyouconnecttooverSSL(https://)
Why the Master Roaming User Profiles should be in shared directories
NuancerecommendsplacingthemasterRoamingUserProfilesinashareddirectoryto
makecertainadministrativetasksmoreefficient.Thesetasksinclude:
n SchedulinganAcousticandLanguageModelOptimizertaskthatoptimizesmultiple
UserProfiles
n UpgradingmultipleUserProfilestoanewmajorreleaseofDragon
n KeepingtrackofhowmanyUserProfileshavebeencreated,whichhelpswith
licensingcompliance(notethatDragonislicensedperend-user,notperworkstation)
Itispossible,thoughnotrecommended,toplaceRoamingUserProfilesinanon-shared,
end-user-specificlocationsuchastheend-user’shomedrive,providedeveryend-user’s
homedriveismappedtothesamedriveletter(thisisbecausetheRoamingUserProfile
locationisanadministrativesettingthatisper-workstation,notper-user).
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