Account Management - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 172

1. If necessary, log on to your server as Administrator, and open Active Directory Users and
Computers.
2. Click to expand the Marketing OU, and then click the Sales OU. Click the Sales Person1
user, and then open the Properties dialog box.
3. Click the Profile tab. In the Profile path text box, type \\serverXX\Profiles\salesperson1 ,
and then click OK .
4. Click Start , Computer . Click the C drive, and create a folder named Profiles in the root of
this drive.
5. Right-click the Profiles folder and click Properties . Click the Sharing tab.
6. The Sharing tab has two buttons. If you click the Share button, the Sharing Wizard guides
you through the process. Because you need to do advanced sharing, click the Advanced
Sharing button.
7. Click the Share this folder check box. Notice that the share name, which is what users see
on the network, defaults to the folder name.
8. Click the Permissions button. Click Add , type Domain Users , and then click Check Names
to verify. Click OK .
9. Click Domain Users , and then click the Full control check box in the Allow column.
10. Click Everyone , and then click Remove . The only entry in the Group or user names list box
should be Domain Users. Click OK twice, and then click Close .
11. Log on to the domain from your Vista computer as salesperson1 with the password
Password01 . When you're prompted to change the password, change it to Password02 .
12. After you have logged on, go to your server (physical or virtual). Open Windows Explorer,
click the Profiles share, and verify that a new folder named salesperson1.V2 has been cre-
ated. It's the roaming profile for salesperson1. You can't navigate this folder, however,
because by default, only the user whose profile it is can access the profile.
13. Go to your Vista computer (physical or virtual). Click Start , and then right-click Computer
and click Properties .
14. Click the Advanced system settings link. In the UAC message box, type the Administrator's
username and password for the domain (should be Administrator and Password01 ).
15. In the User Profiles section, click the Settings button. View the list of profiles, and notice that
the profile type for salesperson1 is roaming. Click Cancel twice.
16. Leave Active Directory Users and Computers open for the next activity.
Activity 5-7: Configuring a Roaming Profile for Multiple Users
and Customizing the Default Roaming Profile
Time Required: 30 minutes
Objective: Configure a roaming profile for multiple users and customize the default roam-
ing profile.
Description: You need to configure roaming profiles for several users. To do this, you edit the
profile path on all users simultaneously. You want to customize desktop and Start menu settings
for the default roaming profile, too.
1. If necessary, log on to your server as Administrator and open Active Directory Users and
Computers.
2. Click to expand the Marketing OU, if necessary, and then click the Sales OU. In the right
pane, click Sales Person2 , and then hold down Ctrl and click Sales Person3 . Release the
Ctrl key. Right-click Sales Person3 and click Properties .
3. Click the Profile tab. Click the Profile path check box, type \\serverXX\profiles\%username%
in the Profile path text box, and then click OK .