domain user backups to server best practices?

whats the best way to have a users my documents folder backed up to a file
server? in the past i have used a small script that the user would run
before they logged off. with server 2003 is there a better way? i could
redirect the my documents folder but then it wont be there when theyre
offline.

I don't even bother with trying to redirect the my documents folder. On the
server I have created a "Users" folder under which I have created a folder
for each user, named the same as their username. Grant only the user the
folder is named after full control of the folder. Use a login script to map
the drive to the server each time they log in, or manually map the drive
when the user is logged in. Then train the users to save to their "home"
folder on the server.

Remember to emphasize that if it is not saved in their home folder it will
not get backed up and you are not responsible for retrieving files not saved
on the server.


hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

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> whats the best way to have a users my documents folder backed up to a file
> server? in the past i have used a small script that the user would run
> before they logged off. with server 2003 is there a better way? i could
> redirect the my documents folder but then it wont be there when theyre
> offline.
>
>

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:58:20 GMT, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>whats the best way to have a users my documents folder backed up to a file
>server?

Use a server folder for network clients in the first place.

>in the past i have used a small script that the user would run
>before they logged off. with server 2003 is there a better way? i could
>redirect the my documents folder but then it wont be there when theyre
>offline.

Then don't let them get offline. Or use a replication process. Or
move My Documents into their profile and out of Local Settings.

Jeff