Oct 19 2017 09:08 AM - last edited on Oct 19 2017 09:16 AM by Dylan Snodgrass
Oct 19 2017 09:08 AM - last edited on Oct 19 2017 09:16 AM by Dylan Snodgrass
If we are talking about Microsoft 365, I would very much like to see "Folder Redirection" to OneDrive.. so that Desktop, Documents can be easily retained during a "Reset/Recovery" process. Like State Migration..
Oct 19 2017 09:25 AM
Oct 19 2017 09:39 AM - edited Oct 19 2017 09:40 AM
@Michael Niehaus, Will the two methods be compatible? Can I set with GPO today, and the new 'simplified' way take over later?
Oct 19 2017 09:43 AM
It's still a little early to say. Today, you have to manually set up OneDrive for Business, which gets the folders in place; once that's done, policies to redirect the folders work fine (although existing data doesn't move). Hence the reason to make it easier overall :) I wouldn't expect the changes to cause any problems if you've already set this up.
Oct 19 2017 09:45 AM
Oct 19 2017 09:46 AM
Oct 19 2017 09:52 AM
@Michael Niehaus: Very neat, thanks.
I'm sure you're aware, but the the three largest challenges:
1) OneDrive needs get folders laid down prior to first GPO applies
2) Folder Redirection should be more friendly (not overwrite target files) if they exist in the destination (using '[x] Move the contents of Documents to the new location")
3) A SymLink (or similar) to catch applications 'hard-coded' to write to the old (pre-redirection) paths (C:\Users\<user>\Documents\)
Oct 19 2017 10:00 AM
@Jason Moore really got everyone excited in his 2017 Ignite demo ( https://youtu.be/ftZzOZhB4BE?t=573 )
Jul 25 2018 07:59 AM
Hey @Michael Niehaus, since the sneaky "Silently redirect Windows known folders to OneDrive" GPO setting is now rolling out, do you know any dependencies to the standard Folder redirection GPO setting? For example, are you aware about any data loss or other issues, when both is configured for redirecting (same) folders to OneDrive?