Managing User Data and Profiles with ConfigMgr 2012

This week I want to devote a post to something new in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1, which is still in BETA, called User Data and Profiles Configuration Items. These configuration items contain settings that can manage folder redirection, offline files and roaming profiles via ConfigMgr 2012! This means that another Group Policy setting is coming to ConfigMgr. Prerequisites Even though this sounds, to me, really promising for the future of ConfigMgr, there is a small catch. That small catch is the second bullet of the prerequisites, following now: Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 Windows 8, or Windows Server 2012 Configure Enable User Data and Profiles to Yes in the Compliance Settings, via either Default Client Settings or a Custom Client Device Settings (see picture). Configure …

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