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Roaming and Synchronization Group Policy Settings
The roaming and synchronization group policy settings turn View Persona Management on and off, set the
location of the remote profile repository, determine which folders and files belong to the user profile, and
control how to synchronize folders and files.
Group Policy
Setting Description
Manage user
persona
Determines whether to manage user profiles dynamically with View Persona Management or with
Windows roaming profiles. This setting turns View Persona Management on and off.
When this setting is enabled, View Persona Management manages user profiles.
When the setting is enabled, you can specify a profile upload interval in minutes. This value determines
how often changes in the user profile are copied to the remote repository. The default value is 10
minutes.
When this setting is disabled or not configured, user profiles are managed by Windows.
Persona
repository
location
Specifies the location of the user profile repository. This setting also determines whether to use a
network share that is specified in View Persona Management or a path that is configured in Active
Directory to support Windows roaming profiles.
When this setting is enabled, you can use the Share path to determine the location of the user profile
repository.
In the Share path text box, you specify a UNC path to a network share that is accessible to View Persona
Management desktops. This setting lets View Persona Management control the location of the user
profile repository.
For example: \\server.domain.com\VPRepository
If %username% is not part of the folder path that you configure, View Persona Management appends
%username%.%userdomain% to the path.
For example: \\server.domain.com\VPRepository\%username%.%userdomain%
If you specify a location in the Share path, you do not have to set up roaming profiles in Windows or
configure a user profile path in Active Directory to support Windows roaming profiles.
For details about configuring a UNC network share for View Persona Management, see “Configure a
User Profile Repository,” on page 177.
By default, the Active Directory user profile path is used.
Specifically, when the Share path is left blank, the Active Directory user profile path is used. The Share
path is blank and inactive when this setting is disabled or not configured. You can also leave the path
blank when this setting is enabled.
When this setting is enabled, you can select the Override Active Directory user profile path if it is
configured check box to make sure that View Persona Management uses the path specified in the Share
path. By default, this check box is unchecked, and View Persona Management uses the Active Directory
user profile path when both locations are configured.
Remove local
persona at log off
Deletes each user's locally stored profile from the desktop system when the user logs off.
You can also check a box to delete each user's local settings folders when the user profile is removed.
In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, checking this box removes the AppData\Local folder. In Windows
XP, checking the box removes the Local Settings folder.
For guidelines for using this setting, see “Best Practices for Configuring a View Persona Management
Deployment,” on page 183.
When this setting is disabled or not configured, the locally stored user profiles, including local settings
folders, are not deleted when users log off.
Roam local
settings folders
Roams the local settings folders with the rest of each user profile.
For Windows 7 or Windows Vista, this policy affects the AppData\Local folder. For Windows XP, this
policy affects the Local Settings folder.
By default, local settings are not roamed.
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