Question : Setting up roaming profiles on Win2K server when using Win7 Pro as my client

Hello

I have a laptop that has Win7 Pro loaded. I log onto a domain that has a Win 2000 server that acts as a terminal server and a Win 2003 server that also authenticates logins and has Exchange server running on it.

I want to get the same 'desktop' when I log into my terminal server session when away from my primary laptop as I do when I log onto my laptop when I'm in the office which I log onto the domain from normally.

I think I need to configure my account to use a 'roaming profile' but am not sure if this will work, or if it will work if the terminal server is Win 2000 and my laptop is Win7.

Can anyone help.

Thanks in advance
 

Answer : Setting up roaming profiles on Win2K server when using Win7 Pro as my client

windows 7 and windows 2000/2003 have a different naming conventions for the profile. windows 7 uses te username.V2 while the others use username.
You need two roaming profiles.  One that is for terminal servers and one for the desktops.
What you need to do is setup a pair of shares where one will serve/store the terminal server profiles and one that will handle the workstation profiles.
The use of folder redirection will handle the equal access to the files that are on the desktop, my documents, start menu  and will maintain application level settings through appdata (applicatio data). You would need another share that will handle the redirected folders.

You may want to setup the folder redirection first to allow the laptop to  transition copy the data to the redirected folder share.You would need to merge/copy the terminal server data (desktop/my documents) as well.

You would then need to copy the local profile from the latop to the share for workstation/laptop profiles. and similarly for the terminal servers share of profiles. (properties of computer/my computer).

Once you have done that, you would adjust the configuration on the AD account profiles and terminal server tabs respectively.

The next time you login into a workstation or terminal server the respective roaming profile will be retrieved and with folder redirection you will be able to access the same synchronized files on the desktop and in my documents.