Updating folder redirection path to new server

Question

In the process of phasing out an old SBS 2011 (not using Exchange) to Server 2019 and there is a GPO that redirects all users “Documents” folders to an SMB share on the server.

I have a robocopy script that’s been running nightly copying all the shares from old to new so all the data is already in the new location but I’m trying to figure out the most efficient way to cutover this folder redirection GPO.

The current GPO is NOT set to “move the contents of Documents to the new location”.

Should I just create a new GPO that points to the new share and unlink the old one or is it better to update the path in the current GPO?

Answer 1

Hello Glen,

If you enable this policy setting, when an administrator moves the file share hosting redirected folders and updates the target path of the redirected folders in Group Policy, the cached content is simply renamed in the local Offline Files cache without any delays or potential data loss for the user.

If the users' files are in use or if the full file state is not preserved in the move, users might experience the poor performance as the files are copied over the network, synchronization conflicts generated by Offline Files, or even data loss.

\To Enable optimized moves of redirected folders, do follow the below link,

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/folder-redirection/enable-optimized-moving

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