…Overview…
 

Roaming profiles are profiles that are stored in a central location on the network. The idea being that a users configuration or profile (Desktop, printers etc) follows them around wherever he/she goes. If a user makes any changes to anything held in their profile when they logoff these changes are saved back to their profile on the network making it available for next logon. There are both advantages and disadvantages to roaming profiles:
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…Overview…

Mandatory profiles are profiles that are pre configured by the administrator and stored in a central location on the network. You can add in printers, shortcuts to the desktop etc. Although a user can make changes to the profile while they are logged in when they log out the changes will not be saved back. When they log back in again they will get the original profile. Here I describe advantages and disadvantages as well as describing how to create and assign a mandatory profile.
 

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