Sharing the same desktop / file system for all users

Question

We have several computers (windows 11) where multiple people connect to using RDP (never at the same time).

For safety reasons we want them all to sign in using their own office account, whats perfectly possible, but we want them to use the same desktop / filesystem.

at this moment when i add user aaa@bluemoon.be and bbb@bluemoon.be they both see their own desktop, but i want them to see the same desktop / access to the same programs / ...

Is this possible ? If so how ?

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

To achieve a shared desktop and file system experience for multiple users on Windows 11, you can set up a common user profile and configure Folder Redirection and Roaming Profiles. A roaming user profile redirects user profiles to a file share so that users receive the same operating system and application settings on multiple computers.

Here is an overview of the steps to create a roaming user profile:

Create a shared folder:

Create a shared folder on a server or network storage device to store the user's roaming profile.

Configure user profiles:

Configure roaming user profiles for all users in Active Directory, pointing to the same shared folder.

Test:

When users log in, their profiles are loaded into the specified shared folder, and they see the same desktop environment.

For more details, see the official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/folder-redirection/deploy-roaming-user-profiles

I hope the information above is helpful.

Best Regards,

Yanhong Liu

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Answer 2

i dont think my question was very clear,

on every computer they need a seperate desktop / file system, but all the users that log in to that desktop need the same file system / desktop.

So:

when user aaa@bluemoon logs into desktop X, he sees desktop and files of X
when user bbb@bluemoon logs into desktop X, he sees the same desktop and files that aaa saw (X)

when user aaa@bluemoon logs into desktop Y, he sees desktop and files of Y

So basicly they all need to login with their own account, but end up on the local admin desktop of the computer they are connected to.