6.8 Creating a User Remote Desktop Services Profile Path Policy

Storage Manager provisions and manages Remote Desktop Services profile policy paths through Remote Desktop Services profile path policies.

For users in Active Directory who access the network through Remote Desktop Services, Storage Manager can provision and manage a user’s profile path, quota, grooming, and vaulting by setting and managing the profile path attribute.

Microsoft stores a user’s profile path as follows: \\server-name\share-name\users\user\profile

In managing the user’s roaming profile path, Storage Manager creates two separate profile paths in the UNC network path. For Windows workstations running Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8, the path is similar to: \\server-name\share-name\users\user\profile.V2

For Windows workstations running Windows XP and earlier, the path is similar to: \\server-name\share-name\users\user\profile.

Support for Windows XP and earlier has been kept for backwards compatibility and will be deprecated in a future release.

When a profile is specified for the policy, the profile is created in both of the locations above. Additionally, when quota and vault paths are specified, the specifications apply to both of the paths as well.

When Storage Manager has provisioned a profile path for the Remote Desktop Services user, it enters settings in the Profile path field of the User object’s Remote Desktop Services Profile property.

NOTE:The Windows Full Control NTFS permission is established and cannot be modified.

6.8.1 To Create a User Remote Desktop Services Profile Path Policy:

  1. In SMAdmin, click Policies.

  2. In the Manage menu, select New > User Remote Desktop Services Profile Path.

    The following dialog box appears:

  3. Specify a name in the Name field and leave the User and Remote Desktop Services Profile Path options selected.

    The Policy Options page appears.

  4. Select the options and settings that you want the policy to use:

Policy Options: The fields presented on the Policy Options page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting policy options, see Section 6.5.1, Setting Policy Options.

Associations: The Associations page is identical to the Associations page presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting associations, see Section 6.5.2, Setting Associations.

Provisioning Options: The Provisioning Options page provides only the Path Owner and Template Folder settings that are described in detail in Section 6.5.3, Setting Provisioning Options.

NOTE:When you create a User Remote Desktop Services Profile Path policy, the Folder Properties and Home Folder Options settings that are included in the Provisioning Options page for User Home Folder policies are not included because you are only setting the profile path and not the user home folder storage.

Target Paths: The fields presented on the Target Paths page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting target paths, see Section 6.5.4, Setting Target Paths.

Quota Options: The fields presented on the Quota Options page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting quota options, see Section 6.5.5, Setting Quota Options.

Move Schedule: The fields presented on the Move Schedule page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting the move schedule, see Section 6.5.6, Setting the Move Schedule.

Cleanup Options: The fields presented on the Cleanup Options page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting cleanup options, see Section 6.5.7, Setting Cleanup Options.

Vault: The fields presented on the Vault Rules page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting vault rules, see Section 6.5.8, Setting Vault Rules.

Groom: The fields presented on the Groom Rules page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting grooming rules, see Section 6.5.9, Setting Groom Rules.