RE: [Bulk] Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-06 Thread Orland, Kathleen
+1

 

From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 05 April 2011 16:27
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Subject: [Bulk] Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

 

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Let AD do it.

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From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things
we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD
(the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-06 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
That's what she said.

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On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote:


 The thing in ADUC is a feature of the MMC tab. Anyone arbitrarily
 populating the homeDirectory attribute in AD isn't going to trigger a magic
 folder creation.


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
Let AD do it.

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From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things we're 
looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD (the 
Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Not a direct answer to your question, but this is my favorite KB article of all 
time and it might prove helpful to your migration. Once you decide the method 
of how to assign them this will let the users auto create them on first login.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443



-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things we're 
looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD (the 
Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
That's how I do it, I also setup the perms on the top level folder initially so 
created directories have appropriate permissions for each new user...
jlc

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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 12:04 PM
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Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

Let AD do it.

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-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things we're 
looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD (the 
Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Tom Miller
Have fun with that.  I did that same migration here a year ago or so.  I wrote 
a few scripts to remove the Novell client, iPrint, Zenworks, Patchlink, etc, as 
part of the migration.  I tried the Quest NDS migration tools and they were a 
complete bust.  So many issues that we abandoned the tools.  Waste of $$.  We 
used AD to create the home directories.  
 
The scripts are yours if you want them, send me a message off-line.
 
By the way robocopy is a great tool for the data copy portion of this sort of 
project.
 
Tom

 Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov 4/5/2011 1:57 PM 
We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things we're 
looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD (the 
Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Sean Martin
+1

It should be fairly easy to script. Although, I'm starting to prefer
RichCopy over RoboCopy. I haven't had a chance to compare the latest version
of RoboCopy to RichCopy, but the multithreading in RichCopy has proved to be
much faster than previous versions of RoboCopy.

- Sean

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote:

  Have fun with that.  I did that same migration here a year ago or so.  I
 wrote a few scripts to remove the Novell client, iPrint, Zenworks,
 Patchlink, etc, as part of the migration.  I tried the Quest NDS migration
 tools and they were a complete bust.  So many issues that we abandoned the
 tools.  Waste of $$.  We used AD to create the home directories.

 The scripts are yours if you want them, send me a message off-line.

 By the way robocopy is a great tool for the data copy portion of this sort
 of project.

 Tom

  Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov 4/5/2011 1:57 PM 

 We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things
 we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD
 (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
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On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote:

 Let AD do it.

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 -Original Message-
 From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

 We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things
 we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD
 (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Jon Harris
+1 works well.

Jon

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 Let AD do it.

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 -Original Message-
 From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

 We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things
 we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD
 (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Webster
I like this KB:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
TS/RDS/Citrix users.

Thanks


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 -Original Message-
 From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
 Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
 We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things
 we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through
AD
 (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Webster
Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
cmdlet to do this:

Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
\\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

You think? :)


Carl Webster
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 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
 I like this KB:
 
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313
 
 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier 
versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).

I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. Not 
to assign it. :-)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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-Original Message-
From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
cmdlet to do this:

Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
\\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

You think? :)


Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
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 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
 I like this KB:
 
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313
 
 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Webster
Picky, picky.


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 -Original Message-
 From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
 You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is
concerned).
 
 I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home
 directory. Not to assign it. :-)
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
 Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
 cmdlet to do this:
 
 Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -
 RootPath \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:
 
 You think? :)


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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Kurt Buff
So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account creation.

Will creating the account in powershell do the same?

Kurt

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier 
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).

 I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. 
 Not to assign it. :-)

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
 cmdlet to do this:

 Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
 \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

 You think? :)


 Carl Webster
 Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
 http://dabcc.com/Webster

 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 I like this KB:

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.

  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT provide 
additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not.

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-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account creation.

Will creating the account in powershell do the same?

Kurt

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier 
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).

 I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. 
 Not to assign it. :-)

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
 cmdlet to do this:

 Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
 \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

 You think? :)


 Carl Webster
 Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
 http://dabcc.com/Webster

 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 I like this KB:

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.

  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Kurt Buff
So, building the powershell stuff into a web page, with proper account
credentials on the back end, and making it available to HR, is my
preference.

As someone around here used to say: Automation leads to relaxation.

Heh.

Kurt

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:49, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT 
 provide additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not.

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

 So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account creation.

 Will creating the account in powershell do the same?

 Kurt

 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier 
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).

 I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. 
 Not to assign it. :-)

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
 cmdlet to do this:

 Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
 \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

 You think? :)


 Carl Webster
 Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
 http://dabcc.com/Webster

 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 I like this KB:

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.

  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Crawford, Scott
Love it - Automation leads to relaxation.

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

So, building the powershell stuff into a web page, with proper account
credentials on the back end, and making it available to HR, is my
preference.

As someone around here used to say: Automation leads to relaxation.

Heh.

Kurt

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:49, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT 
 provide additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not.

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

 So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account creation.

 Will creating the account in powershell do the same?

 Kurt

 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier 
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).

 I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. 
 Not to assign it. :-)

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
 cmdlet to do this:

 Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
 \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

 You think? :)


 Carl Webster
 Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
 http://dabcc.com/Webster

 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 I like this KB:

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.

  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
Ayup.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

So, building the powershell stuff into a web page, with proper account
credentials on the back end, and making it available to HR, is my
preference.

As someone around here used to say: Automation leads to relaxation.

Heh.

Kurt

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:49, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT 
 provide additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not.

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

 So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account creation.

 Will creating the account in powershell do the same?

 Kurt

 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
 You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier 
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).

 I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. 
 Not to assign it. :-)

 Regards,

 Michael B. Smith
 Consultant and Exchange MVP
 http://TheEssentialExchange.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS
 cmdlet to do this:

 Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath
 \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:

 You think? :)


 Carl Webster
 Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
 http://dabcc.com/Webster

 -Original Message-
 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
 Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

 I like this KB:

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

 In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
 TS/RDS/Citrix users.

  -Original Message-
  From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
  Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
  things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
  them through
 AD
  (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?


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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread James Hill
This is the easiest approach imo.

It's all automated, folder is created, correct permissions are set etc.

-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2011 4:05 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

Not a direct answer to your question, but this is my favorite KB article of all 
time and it might prove helpful to your migration. Once you decide the method 
of how to assign them this will let the users auto create them on first login.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443



-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things we're 
looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD (the 
Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Thanks for remembering...



*ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio)
 *Technology Services that Maximize Business Results...

 *



On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:

 So, building the powershell stuff into a web page, with proper account
 credentials on the back end, and making it available to HR, is my
 preference.

 As someone around here used to say: Automation leads to relaxation.

 Heh.

 Kurt

 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:49, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
 wrote:
  It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT
 provide additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not.
 
  Regards,
 
  Michael B. Smith
  Consultant and Exchange MVP
  http://TheEssentialExchange.com
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account
 creation.
 
  Will creating the account in powershell do the same?
 
  Kurt
 
  On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
 wrote:
  You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier
 versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned).
 
  I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home
 directory. Not to assign it. :-)
 
  Regards,
 
  Michael B. Smith
  Consultant and Exchange MVP
  http://TheEssentialExchange.com
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a
 PS
  cmdlet to do this:
 
  Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network
 -RootPath
  \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:
 
  You think? :)
 
 
  Carl Webster
  Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
  http://dabcc.com/Webster
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
  Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  I like this KB:
 
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313
 
  In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
  TS/RDS/Citrix users.
 
   -Original Message-
   From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
   Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
  
   We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
   things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
   them through
  AD
   (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?
 


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Re: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Kurt Buff
Well, you know, putting a (tm) in most of my messages gets kinda old
after a while...

Heh.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 16:43, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks for remembering...




 ASB (Professional Bio)
 Technology Services that Maximize Business Results...




 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:

 So, building the powershell stuff into a web page, with proper account
 credentials on the back end, and making it available to HR, is my
 preference.

 As someone around here used to say: Automation leads to relaxation.

 Heh.

 Kurt

 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:49, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
 wrote:
  It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT
  provide additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not.
 
  Regards,
 
  Michael B. Smith
  Consultant and Exchange MVP
  http://TheEssentialExchange.com
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account
  creation.
 
  Will creating the account in powershell do the same?
 
  Kurt
 
  On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
  wrote:
  You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier
  versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is 
  concerned).
 
  I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home
  directory. Not to assign it. :-)
 
  Regards,
 
  Michael B. Smith
  Consultant and Exchange MVP
  http://TheEssentialExchange.com
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a
  PS
  cmdlet to do this:
 
  Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers  | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network
  -RootPath
  \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H:
 
  You think? :)
 
 
  Carl Webster
  Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
  http://dabcc.com/Webster
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
  Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?
 
  I like this KB:
 
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313
 
  In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for
  TS/RDS/Citrix users.
 
   -Original Message-
   From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
   Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?
  
   We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the
   things we're looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create
   them through
  AD
   (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy?
 

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RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

2011-04-05 Thread Brian Desmond
AD doesn't create home folders...

The thing in ADUC is a feature of the MMC tab. Anyone arbitrarily populating 
the homeDirectory attribute in AD isn't going to trigger a magic folder 
creation.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

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-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method?

Let AD do it.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Creating home directories - Best method?

We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the things we're 
looking at is home directories.  Is it best to create them through AD (the 
Profile tab), or through Group Policy?



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