Roaming Profiles Opinions

[RSR]

Hi Chaps,

I just wanted to get a idea of what you think of Roaming Profiles? Or are you GPOs enforced polices?

I currently use them here but i am looking in to other methods to have the same effect as they are causing more problems then they are worth.

Thanks

Andy

 

[RSR]

What kind of problems are you getting? How are things currently setup? Depending on your environment roaming profiles/TS Profiles can be a necessity, especially if you are using a centralised solution and manage (via GP) the profile folders. We run roaming profiles for 750+ staff in a Citrix-based environment, though I've done similar setups using roamings on LANs with plenty of users too with very few issues. I like them a lot, can save no end of time with users having varying setups if they swap machines regularly. As long as they are managed well it's all good.

We are getting quiet a few users, having problems with deleted files returning to there desktop.

Ive narrowed this down to the GPOs that are attached to that groups OU. However, move the user to a different OU and GPO and it solves the problem. haha.

However, as i am currently reviewing the whole system and trying to make it more streamlined. I have been looking in to other methods for doing this. As we have quiet a few users that use large files and all the normal stuff Adobe suites dump in the application data.