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I recently set up a new domain, everything runs as it should but however certain Group Policy settings won't sync. One of these settings is Folder Redirection.
Other stuff for ADDC & Group Policy works, such as:
- Signing onto domain computers with domain users
- Domain network policies
- Security policies (such as requiring Ctrl + Alt + Del to sign in)
I definitely have done the Group Policy Object properly as most Group Policy settings are synced onto domain clients.
I have set the Folder Redirection by User Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Folder Redirection
Each folder is located on a shared network drive that backs up automatically to cloud services. I've verified that users are in the Domain Users
group.
Users are also able to fully access their allocated storage areas manually by browsing to the location on the network drive, so there's nothing wrong with the folder permissions. Forcing a Group Policy update via gpupdate.exe /force
will not get this to work either.
What am I doing wrong?
All clients are on Windows 8.1 Professional & the server's running Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter.
The OU the GPO only applies to domain computers (which at the moment, there's only two and the naming structure isn't well-formed, but that's going to change):
Is your
WIN-8K70...
a server on your LAN? I'm just wondering if you are pointing the GPO to a mounted cloud folder (to immediately cause files to be synced to the cloud) and it's causing the redirection to fail... does your cloud storage have a client installed on the server that manages the backing up, or do your users connect directly to the cloud storage when they go to their folders? – Kinnectus – 2015-09-29T17:15:59.1473Have you linked this GPO to an OU containing the users (not computers) you want this to affect? Have you used
GPresult
to confirm the policy is actually applying to the user(s) successfully? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-09-29T17:16:18.2501@BigChris Yes, it's on a LAN. The cloud storage has a client that automatically syncs any files created in its area. – AStopher – 2015-09-29T17:19:03.810
1@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Only domain computers are in the OU. Would that explain why some settings in the GPO apply and not others? This is my first time doing domain networking like this, so please bear with me if there's something blindingly obvious that I've missed. – AStopher – 2015-09-29T17:20:48.900
1@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Just tested it, it works! Not only that, but other stuff that didn't work before is now also working such as GPO software installation. Write an answer, and I'll accept it. – AStopher – 2015-09-29T17:29:23.267