#roamingprofiles

Introduction There are various technologies available in Windows client and server operating systems for managing user profiles and folder redirection in an Active Directory environment. User profiles and folder redirection are methodologies used for accomplishing User State virtualization, also most recently called User Experience virtualization (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/ue-v/uev-for-windows). User profiles fall inside the scope of a user personality. The automated management of user personalities and behavior of the user environment can be carried out by a type of application called User Environment Manager (UEM). User environment management is a software solution which enables corporate policy and user preference data, the ‘user personality’, to be abstracted from the delivered operating system and applications and centrally managed. More details about User Environment Management software can be found in https://stefanos.cloud/blog/user-environment-management-uem-software-comparison/. This article provides an overview of all available technologies for Windows User Profiles and Folder Redirection. User profiles Types of user profiles The following user profile types are available: Local profiles The local Windows profiles have only local scope on the Windows client or server OS under the C:Users folder. Read the full article