Setup Roaming Profiles

Roaming Profile delivers a consistent user experience by synchronizing desktop settings, application preferences, and user-specific configurations across multiple computers within the domain, allowing users to maintain a personalized environment no matter where they log in.

Optional: Adding an Additional Drive to an Existing VM in Hyper-V

Create a Folder for Roaming Profiles

1. Navigate to the desired volume or folder where you want to store the roaming profiles.
2. Create a new folder (e.g., RoamingProfile).
   

Configure Folder Permissions

1. Right-click on the RoamingProfile folder and select Properties.
2. Go to the Security tab and click on Advanced.
   
3. Click Disable inheritance.
   
4. Select Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions on this object.
   
5. Remove the Users group leaving only Administrators, SYSTEM and CREATOR OWNER.
   
6. Click Add.
   • Click Select a principal.
     
   • Search and add Domain Users.
   • Click Check Names to validate then click OK.
     
   • Ensure This folder only is selected.
   • Click Show advanced permissions.
     
   • Check the following additional permissions:
     • Create files / write data
     • Create folders / append data
       
7. Click OK and close the Advanced Security Settings window.

Share the Folder

1. Go to the Sharing tab and click Advanced Sharing.
   
2. Check the box for Share this folder.
3. Setup a hidden share (e.g., RoamingProfile$).
   • Appending a dollar sign $ makes the share hidden.
     
4. Click Permissions.
5. Remove the Everyone group.
   
6. Click Add.
   
7. Search and select Domain Users.
   
8. Click Check Names to validate then click OK.
9. Set permissions to Full Control and click OK.
   

Configure the User Profile in Active Directory

1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
   
2. Right-click on a domain user account and select Properties.
   
3. Go to the Profile tab.
4. Enter the share path to the RoamingFolder:
   • \\VMS22\RoamingProfile$\%username%
   • %username% will automatically be replaced with the actual username.
     
5. Click OK to save the changes.

Verify the Setup

1. Use a client machine that is connected to the domain.
2. Log in with a domain user account.
3. On the server, navigate to the RoamingProfile folder.
4. Check if a subfolder named with the username (e.g., uone.V6) has been created.