INFORMATION SHEET 3.
1-6
Folder Redirection
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, STUDENT(S) MUST be able to:
1. Understand the valuable meaning and advantage of performing folder
redirection.
2. Know how to configure folder redirection.
Folder Redirection allows you as an administrator to point a number of special folders,
such as Documents, Music and Downloads, to locations of your choice. The most
common use of this is to locate folders such as My Documents on a network share so
that it can be centrally backed up.
As of Windows Server 2008 R2, the folders you can redirect are as follow
AppData (Roaming)
Desktop
Start Menu
Documents
Pictures
Music
Video
Favorites
Contacts
Downloads
Links
Searches
Saved Games
One of the most useful things you can do is redirecting the Documents folder (or My
Documents for Windows XP and earlier). This allows you to store a user’s files on a
network share, rather than in their local user profile. This has a number of
advantages, including allowing you to back up these files centrally, and giving users
access to their files even if they log on to a number of different computers. You can
couple Folder Redirection with Offline Files to ensure that people can continue to work
on their files even when they are not connected to your network.
SETTING-UP FOLDER REDIRECTION
1. Create a folder in a server for file container.
Image 1.1 Creating Folder
2. Right click in new created folder > Click Properties
Image 1.2 Folder Properties
3. Choose sharing tab> click share
Image 1.3 Sharing Folder
4. Click the drop down arrow then choose everyone then click Add (Image 4.2)
Image 4.1 Adding users or group
Image 4.2: Add Everyone
5. Set the permission level to Read/Write then click Share then click
Done (Figure 5.2) to setting the permission level then click Close (Figure
5.3)
Figure 5.1: Setting the permission level
Figure 5.2: Closing File Sharing
Figure 5.3: Closing the folder properties
6. Open server manager
Image 6: Server Manager
7. Click Features select Group Policy Management select Forest
(e.g. [Link]) select domain then click your domain e.g.
[Link]
Image 7: Working with group policy management
8. Right click in your domain (e.g [Link]) choose Create a GPO in
this domain, and Link it here…
Image 8: Creating GPO
9. Create a name for new GPO
Image 9: Naming new group policy object
10. Right click in your newly created object then choose Edit
Image 10: Editing newly created object
11. Click (-) sign of User Configuration click (-) sign of Polices click Folder
Redirection choose Documents then proceed to next step.
Image 11: Group Policy Management Editor
12. Right click in Document then click Properties.
Image 12: Document properties
13. Now choose Target tab then choose Basic- Redirect everyone’s folder to
same location.
Image 13: Displaying Document Properties
14. Open your redirection folder then right click choose Properties then click
Sharing Tab then copy your Network Path (e.g. \\SERVER\New Folder
Redirection) then close the window. Then proceed to your target root path (Step
no. 15)
Image 14: Copying Network Path of assigned folder for redirection
15. Paste the copied network path on to your Root Path click Apply then click
OK to exit.
Image 15: Network Path
16. Warning dialog box will appear just click Yes to continue.
Image 16: Warning dialogue box
After closing the warning message box, close your Group Policy Management
Editor then proceed to next step.
17. Open your command prompt. Press windows + r then type CMD then
press Enter key in your keyboard. In your command prompt type
gpupdate /force then wait for a moment. You can also try Image 17.2 for
alternative method
Image 17.1: Exexcuting gpupdate /force using command
prompt
Image 17.2: Exexcuting gpupdate /force using command
prompt
18. After excuting gpupdate /force command there will be a warning texts
appeared in your command prompt. Read carefully the warning then type Y
to Log off your machine.
Why do we need to log off the machine?
We need to log off our machine in order to apply the configured policy.
Requisites and Application
Do this first in your Computer Server then log off your server, do the
samething in your connected clients.
Image 18: Logging off the Machine
TESTING CONFIGURED REDIRECTION
19. Open your configured redirection folder (e.g. New Folder Redirection) in
your windows server 2008 R2 OS
Image 19: Open folder assigned for redirection
20. Open the user’s folder, it usually named after the name of the user logged in
a machine (e.g. itsmeismael).
Image 20: User’s Folder
21. Open your redirected folder (Document).
Image 21: User’s redirected folder
22. We cannot open the redirected folder by default. The permission dialogue
box will appear then click continue to grant ownership for this folder.
Image 22: Permission Setting
23. To take ownership for this folder just click security tab then proceed to
next procedure.
Image 23: Accessing Security tab
24. Click continue
Image 24: Document properties
25. Click other users or group
Image 25: Advanced security setting for Documents
26. Type Everyone in Enter the object name to select then click
Check Names Click OK.
Image 26: Select Users
Note: In this method I used “Everyone” permission. Using “Everyone”
permission level is strongly not recommend for the network that implements
high level of security measure. You can use your domain restrictions and
security groups or any equivalent privileges that you need within your
enterprise network.
27. Check Replace owner on sub container and objects
Image 27: Ownership
28. Granting permission. Click yes to continue
Image 28: Windows Security message
29. Click Ok
Image 29: Accepting ownership permission
30. Click OK
Image 30: Advance Security Setting for Documents
31. Click Close
Image 31: Closing the dialogue box
32. Open your client computer (eg. Windows 7) then click your redirected folder.
Put some files or create some folder then go back to your server.
Note: Redirected folder is a folder that pertains to specific configured folder
inside our server. See step no. 12
Image 32: Windows Document
33. Open your redirected folder that resides in your server (Windows Server
2008 R2) then see the result.
Image 33: Showing redirected folders
TASK SHEET 3.1-6
Title: Install active directory
Performance Objective: Given are the following materials, you should be
able to redirect files or folder from client to server. Allotted time 30 minutes.
Supplies/Materials :
Equipment : Computer with Windows Server 2008 R2
Prerequisites: Installed and configured active directory
Steps/Procedure:
1. Read information sheet 3.1-6 Folder Redirection
2. Create a redirected folder in the server
Where:
Folder name = Home Folder
Shared Accessibility = Domain Users or Everyone
Requirements:
Client 1 (Windows 7) and client 2 (windows 10) can save files from the
redirected folders and retrieve files using any clients that connected to the
domain (e.g. [Link]).
Assessment Method:
Demonstration, Observation
Document No.
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Learning Outcome 3.1 ISMAEL MANIC BALANA Page
Folder Redirection [Link]/itsmeismael 36
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Performance Criteria Checklist 3.1-6
Grade Point
Equivalent
CRITERIA YES NO
Highest Possible Score = 5
Lowest Possible Score = 0
Did the trainee…
1. Created and configured home
folders for all connected clients?
2. Enabled the capability to modify
files, where ever the domain
users log in any workstations that
connected to the existing
domain?
3. Applied and performed 5s and
OHS?
Trainee’s Name: Date:
During the performance of the task, did you consider the following criteria?
Feedback
Total Points
Total Items
Signature of the
Trainee/Learner
Signature of the Trainer
Grade Point Equivalent
The table shows the equivalent points that are used and show how they are calculated to
determine the grade point average (GPA), or index.
The highest equivalent points that trainer can give is 5 points per criterion and the lowest is 0. If
the trainee/learner accumulate scores with below two (2) grade point equivalent, she/he needs to
retake the whole given task.
Grade Point Explanation
Equivalent
5 Excellent
4 Very Good
3 Good
2 Average
1 Poor
0 Failure
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