Need help with user accounts.

I recently began a new job with a hospital (w/ 4k+ users),
all their personal folders are stored on various servers
thoughout the network, we are in the process of updating
and upgrading our servers and users profile has become an
issue. I was thinking of going with mapping the H: from
the users profile, the issue is getting all the
information from the old folders to the new ones and is
there a script to run the \\servername\share\%username%
reqiurement for all my current users account? Any insight
would be a great help, I look forward to your comments.

Jack Layne

Interesting coincidence - I also work for Hospitals here
in Australia.

Use Group Policies to redirect folders. When you first
set it up, the contents of each users' profile is copied
back to the server, preserving what is already there.
Beware! If a user logs into more than one machine, the
profiles may be lost after the 2nd and subsequent logons.
When users' log off, the profiles will synchronise with
the server very quickly, since only changes are
transmitted acroos the network.

Are you MCSE? Is anybody on staff a MCSE? I say this
because I would have expected any MCSE to know this answer
already and I am surprised that in an organisation as
large as the one you work with that nobody knows this
relatively *basic* answer.

Marko

I think all the workstations need to be Windows 2000 or later, I will check
tho.
Here it is!

To enable quotas on remote computer volumes, those volumes must be shared
from the volume's root directory and you must be a member of the
Administrators group

Administrators group
On a local computer, a group whose members have the highest level of
administrative access to the local computer. Examples of administrative
tasks that can be performed by members of this group include installing
programs; accessing all files on the computer; auditing access control; and
creating, modifying, and deleting local user accounts.
In an Active Directory domain, a group whose members have the highest level
of administrative access in the domain. Examples of administrative tasks
that can be performed by members of this group include setting domain
policy; assigning and resetting domain user account passwords; setting up
and managing domain controllers; and creating, modifying, and deleting
domain user accounts.

on the remote computer. In addition, those volumes must be formatted NTFS
and exist on a computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP, or the Windows
Server 2003 family of operating systems. For instructions describing how to
enable quotas on remote computers, see To manage disk quotas on a remote
computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...uota_local.asp


Frank

"Jesse" <> wrote in message
news:...
> use the win2k/win2k3 activedirectory users' profile and homefolder to
create
> share on new server/s. copy contents from users' personal folder to their
> new respective folder -> \\servername\share\%username%. check the sequence
> of action to be performed for minimal service disruption on the users'
home
> folder. better do it during off peak hour when nobody's using their share.
> use group policy folder redirection to redirect users' my documents to any
> location (e.g. their home folder).
>
> Jesse
> Manila, Phils.
>
> "Jack Layne" <> wrote in message
> news:054201c350a1$94e83af0$...
> > I recently began a new job with a hospital (w/ 4k+ users),
> > all their personal folders are stored on various servers
> > thoughout the network, we are in the process of updating
> > and upgrading our servers and users profile has become an
> > issue. I was thinking of going with mapping the H: from
> > the users profile, the issue is getting all the
> > information from the old folders to the new ones and is
> > there a script to run the \\servername\share\%username%
> > reqiurement for all my current users account? Any insight
> > would be a great help, I look forward to your comments.
>
>
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Frank

for users' home folder it does not need to be a win2k machine as long as
it's a domain member. however for group policy should be win2k or higher.

Jesse
Manila, Phils.

"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:#$...
> I think all the workstations need to be Windows 2000 or later, I will
check
> tho.
> Here it is!
>
> To enable quotas on remote computer volumes, those volumes must be shared
> from the volume's root directory and you must be a member of the
> Administrators group
>
> Administrators group
> On a local computer, a group whose members have the highest level of
> administrative access to the local computer. Examples of administrative
> tasks that can be performed by members of this group include installing
> programs; accessing all files on the computer; auditing access control;
and
> creating, modifying, and deleting local user accounts.
> In an Active Directory domain, a group whose members have the highest
level
> of administrative access in the domain. Examples of administrative tasks
> that can be performed by members of this group include setting domain
> policy; assigning and resetting domain user account passwords; setting up
> and managing domain controllers; and creating, modifying, and deleting
> domain user accounts.
>
> on the remote computer. In addition, those volumes must be formatted NTFS
> and exist on a computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP, or the Windows
> Server 2003 family of operating systems. For instructions describing how
to
> enable quotas on remote computers, see To manage disk quotas on a remote
> computer.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...hnet/prodtechn
ol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/entserver/nt_quota_local.asp
>
>
> Frank
>
> "Jesse" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > use the win2k/win2k3 activedirectory users' profile and homefolder to
> create
> > share on new server/s. copy contents from users' personal folder to
their
> > new respective folder -> \\servername\share\%username%. check the
sequence
> > of action to be performed for minimal service disruption on the users'
> home
> > folder. better do it during off peak hour when nobody's using their
share.
> > use group policy folder redirection to redirect users' my documents to
any
> > location (e.g. their home folder).
> >
> > Jesse
> > Manila, Phils.
> >
> > "Jack Layne" <> wrote in message
> > news:054201c350a1$94e83af0$...
> > > I recently began a new job with a hospital (w/ 4k+ users),
> > > all their personal folders are stored on various servers
> > > thoughout the network, we are in the process of updating
> > > and upgrading our servers and users profile has become an
> > > issue. I was thinking of going with mapping the H: from
> > > the users profile, the issue is getting all the
> > > information from the old folders to the new ones and is
> > > there a script to run the \\servername\share\%username%
> > > reqiurement for all my current users account? Any insight
> > > would be a great help, I look forward to your comments.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003
> >
> >
>
>


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