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    RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD

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    • wrx7m
      wrx7m last edited by wrx7m

      As the title indicates, I have a new RDS Server (2016) where I need to migrate the user profiles from the old Server 2008 R2 server to the new one. I decided to go with UPD (user profile disks) and am not sure if there is an easy way to migrate the user profiles.

      Has anyone done this?

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      • Obsolesce
        Obsolesce last edited by

        I've never done it, but found this:

        https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/63ab2ce0-c581-4397-ae7f-d84b8f2b6bd8/is-it-possible-to-migrate-local-profiles-to-user-profile-disks

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        • wrx7m
          wrx7m @Obsolesce last edited by wrx7m

          @Obsolesce said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

          I've never done it, but found this:

          https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/63ab2ce0-c581-4397-ae7f-d84b8f2b6bd8/is-it-possible-to-migrate-local-profiles-to-user-profile-disks

          Thanks. That one talks a lot about roaming profiles. There is a post that deals with some bat files copying stuff at login. I will look more into that to see if it can do what I need.

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            pmoncho @wrx7m last edited by

            @wrx7m

            Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

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            • wrx7m
              wrx7m @pmoncho last edited by

              @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

              @wrx7m

              Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

              All folders.

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              • dafyre
                dafyre @pmoncho last edited by

                @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                @wrx7m

                Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

                Some applications don't play nicely with roaming profiles.

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                • dafyre
                  dafyre @dafyre last edited by

                  @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                  @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                  @wrx7m

                  Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

                  Some applications don't play nicely with roaming profiles.

                  UPDs mount at the usual C:\Users\user.name and the applications can't tell a difference.

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                  • wrx7m
                    wrx7m @dafyre last edited by wrx7m

                    @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                    @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                    @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                    @wrx7m

                    Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

                    Some applications don't play nicely with roaming profiles.

                    UPDs mount at the usual C:\Users\user.name and the applications can't tell a difference.

                    Right. But, only when the user is logged in. After they logout, that path doesn't exist. I am trying to figure out how to work around that for adding the custom (for each user) erp shortcut on their desktop in their session.

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                    • black3dynamite
                      black3dynamite @wrx7m last edited by

                      @wrx7m said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                      @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                      @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                      @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                      @wrx7m

                      Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

                      Some applications don't play nicely with roaming profiles.

                      UPDs mount at the usual C:\Users\user.name and the applications can't tell a difference.

                      Right. But, only when the user is logged in. After they logout, that path doesn't exist. I am trying to figure out how to work around that for adding the custom (for each user) erp shortcut on their desktop in their session.

                      Add the shortcut to C:\Users\Public\Desktop.
                      That way it will always show up on each user Desktop.

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                      • wrx7m
                        wrx7m @black3dynamite last edited by wrx7m

                        @black3dynamite said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                        @wrx7m said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                        @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                        @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                        @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                        @wrx7m

                        Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

                        Some applications don't play nicely with roaming profiles.

                        UPDs mount at the usual C:\Users\user.name and the applications can't tell a difference.

                        Right. But, only when the user is logged in. After they logout, that path doesn't exist. I am trying to figure out how to work around that for adding the custom (for each user) erp shortcut on their desktop in their session.

                        Add the shortcut to C:\Users\Public\Desktop.
                        That way it will always show up on each user Desktop.

                        This would be nice and easy, but each user has a custom shortcut- It has a workstation ID in the target path.

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                        • black3dynamite
                          black3dynamite @wrx7m last edited by black3dynamite

                          @wrx7m said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                          @black3dynamite said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                          @wrx7m said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                          @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                          @dafyre said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                          @pmoncho said in RDS - Suggestions for Migrating User Profiles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 UPD:

                          @wrx7m

                          Just curious, when you chose UPD, did you choose to store all settings or just certain folders?

                          Some applications don't play nicely with roaming profiles.

                          UPDs mount at the usual C:\Users\user.name and the applications can't tell a difference.

                          Right. But, only when the user is logged in. After they logout, that path doesn't exist. I am trying to figure out how to work around that for adding the custom (for each user) erp shortcut on their desktop in their session.

                          Add the shortcut to C:\Users\Public\Desktop.
                          That way it will always show up on each user Desktop.

                          This would be nice and easy, but each user has a custom shortcut- It has a workstation ID in the target path.

                          https://www.pdq.com/blog/pdq-deploy-and-powershell/
                          Create a script that creates the shortcut each user Desktop and append the workstation id in the target path.

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