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Article:		Using Folder Redirection
Subject:		offline folder redirection in different site of same domain
Date:		2006-04-09 02:41:34
From:		fasial
i have implement folder redirection with offline files syncronization. it works fine when hte user log in/out in the same site( we have one domain with multiple site scenerio, with d.c in every site) but if the user logins from any site other then his home site. files will start syncronizing from his home site. which will take alot of time & bandwidth is also chocked as well, we have configured slow detection but it does not work becz d.c is on fast link but the server containing shared folder is on slow link.

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• offline folder redirection in different site of same domain
  2006-06-02 15:38:15  Kieg [View]
  
  
  This is another disappointing outcome from Microsoft. Off-line folders have a fundamental problem in that they do not handle files such as Access Databases very well. The description is mis-leading as the directory is not really re-directed it is replicated, thus the slow loading over a WAN link. Even using Site GPO does not help as when the user moves from one site to another the links are broken by the fact that the replication is to the specific machine name.
  If the location was truly redirected, then all the files would be located only in the target server directory and there would not be any local files. This is what I am after as it reduces the risk of file theft as well as providing the backup security and seamless access that a redirection would give.