The article I quote from is about Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, but still holds for modern Windows Server and Client versions:
After you enable roaming profiles for a couple of users, the first thing that you will probably notice is that logins and log offs become extremely slow for those users. […]
The solution to obscenely long logons and log offs is to use folder redirection. Folder redirection allows you to save portions of the user’s profile in a different location on the network. […]
You can’t redirect every folder in a user’s profile.[…] The folders that you can redirect are:
- Application Data,
- Desktop,
- My Documents, and
- Start Menu.
[…] I recommend creating a share point on the server to which you can redirect these folders. […]
To redirect a folder, open the Group Policy Editor and navigate to User Settings | Windows Settings | Folder Redirection. The group policy requires you to redirect each of the four folders separately, but the procedure for doing so is the same for each folder:
- Set the folder’s Setting option to “Basic – Redirect Everyone’s Folder To The Same Location”.
- Next, select the Create A Folder For Each User Under The Root Path option from the Target Folder Location drop down list.
- Finally, enter your root path in the place provided.
–jeroen
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