TSProfiles and Profiles - same desktop and my docs separate app data?, in the Terminal Services forum on BrianMadden.com

Hi

I am in the process of testing our new 64bit 2003 Citrix PS 4.5 servers and could do with some advice regarding folder redirection. We have 4 Citrix servers which are going to be load balanced, hence the need for roaming profiles and folder redirection.

I have setup the appropriate AD loopback and OU's.

What I want to know is if there is any problem in using the same path for users desktop and my documents and different paths for the app data. Users may log on to a fat client(XP SP3) or use thin clients and I want their desktops and my docs to be the same. I presumed the app data would conflict between XP and 2003.

Is this the best way to do this? Or should the app data path be the same for the XP box and the 2003?

Anyone tried this, it seems to work for me!

Thanks

John

Dear John,

I've oftenly worked like this (separate profiles but shared Documents) without any issues.

It is a Best Practice to seggregate the profiles and to Redirect My Documents to have them out of the profiles.

Regarding redirecting the Desktops, it really depends on Your needs and the main problem You could face is that if a user is adding a specific shortcut on the workstation Desktop for an application not present on the XenApp Servers then it'll lead to Dead Shortcuts on the published Desktops.

I guess regarding desktops it'd be better in my opinion to also separate them (one for published desktops and one for workstations) but again it really depends on how Your Users are working.

Best Regards,

Pierre

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