Folder Redirection Worksheet
Instructions
1. Login to your Server 2022 Domain Controller. If not already done, create a
standard user account for each member of your group (or yourself if not using
ProxMox) in AD Users and Computers. Insert the user information for the user(s)
you created in the table below. Create the user in the Users.
Users
Name Username OU Password
MSPress#1
2. Login to your domain-joined Windows 11 VM using the user referenced above.
Open the Documents folder and create some files. The content is not important
but the Documents folder should be populated.
3. Return to your Domain Controller. Create a folder on the C: drive named
“[fname]Redirection”. Share it with Everyone with Read / Write permissions. Do
not set NTFS permissions. Note the UNC path to the folder in the Share
properties. You will need this to set up folder redirection.
Screenshot #1
Insert Snip of Properties of the Sharing Tab
of “Redirection” folder.
4. Open Group Policy Management and create a GPO and link it to the Domain.
Call the GPO “Folder Redirection.” Edit the GPO to enable Folder Redirection on
the Documents folder. Configure the following settings:
a. Target
i. Basic – Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location.
ii. Create a folder for each user under the root path
iii. Root Path (will vary by Server Name): \\IT125Server\Redirection
Screenshot #2
Insert snip of Target settings
b. Settings
i. Grant the user exclusive rights to Documents
ii. Move the contents of Documents to the new location
iii. Policy Removal – Redirect the folder back to the local userprofile
location when policy is removed.
Screenshot #3
Insert Snip of Settings
5. Open a command window on Server 2022 and type: gpupdate /force
6. Switch to the Windows 11 machine and sign out. Log back in using your user
account. Open a command window and type: gpresult /v. See if there is a policy
for Folder Redirection. If not, type gpupdate /force. After the command
processes, you should be instructed to logoff again.
7. Log back in using your user account and open File Explorer. The Documents
icon should look like this:
8. Navigate to the Documents folder. You should see the files you previously saved
in your Documents folder. Right-click on one of the files and select Properties.
Location of files should reflect redirection to server location.
Screenshot #4
Insert Snip of the Properties page for one of the files in
the Documents folder showing redirection to server
9. Switch back to Server 2022. Open File Explorer. Navigate to the “Redirection”
folder. There should be a folder with your user’s name. Navigate to that folder
and there should be a folder named “Documents”. Navigate to the Documents.
You should receive an error that you don’t have permission to access this folder.
Take a snip of the screen showing the path and error. It should look like this:
Screenshot #5
Insert Snip of File Explorer showing Path and
Error.
10. Submit this worksheet for assignment credit.
