Create a Roaming Profile & Home Drive


Create a Roaming Directory

  1. Open the Network Drives partition and create a new folder called Roaming
  2. Right-click the new folder and select Share with -> Specific people...
  3. Type in the Group or User you would like to grant access to this folder and click Add
    Set their Permission Level to Read/Write
  4. Repeat as necessary and click Share
  5. Note that the correct folder was shared and click Done
  6. Navigate to the folder and right-click it and choose Properties from the context menu

Grant Access to Directory

  1. Navigate to the Sharing tab and select and copy the Network Path of the folder
  2. Click Cancel to exit the Properties window
  3. Open the app Acitve Directory User and ...
  4. Navigate to the user or group that you would like to give access to, right-click them, and choose Properties from the context menu
  5. Navigate to the Profile tab and copy the Network Path into the Profile path textbox and append it with \%username%
    ie. \James_Win10\Roaming\%username%
  6. Choose Connect for the Home Folder, select a drive letter to represent the home drive, and copy the Profile Path into the To textbox
  7. Click Apply - the %username% placeholder should resolve to the current user/group name
  8. Click OK to close the wizard