Configure Folder Redirection

Folder Redirection policy allows a system administrator to redirect certain

folders from a user’s profile to a file server for backup purposes.

In this task, we will use the same folder we’ve created in Configuring User
Home Directory.

1. Open Group Policy Management consol. Go to Start > Administrative

Tools > Group Policy Management.

In this demo, I created a folder redirection policy on my Student OU

(Organizational Unit). If no existing organizational unit, you can select
the Default Domain Policy as your policy object for folder redirection.
2. Create a new policy. The name of your policy should be specific.

3. Right click the folder redirection policy and select edit.

4. In this demo, we will redirect all files and folders located in the user’s
documents library. Go to User Configuration > Policies > Windows
Settings > Folder Redirection. Right click Documents Folder and select
Properties.
5. Specify the target location or folder.
 Setting : Basic – Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location
 Target folder location : Create a folder for each user under the root
path
 Root path: \\server\shared folder, where server is the name or the
computer name of your server and share folder is the name of the
network shared folder as central file storage for all users.
6. Click on Settings tab. Uncheck the “Grant the user exclusive rights to
Documents” option. Once done, click OK and apply.

7. Update the policy on both computers by using the command gpupdate

/force.