GPO: Folder Redirection via OneDrive

If you want to redirect My Documents, Pictures, Favorites, Desktop to OneDrive, this article will guide you through setting up the GPO.

I usually use this method in the following cases:

• Migration of users from one domain to another with data recovery
• Data recovery in the event of a workstation replacement.
• A user with several workstations, who wishes to have access to his data without having a roaming profile.
• Or quite simply as a user data backup solution.

“There are a multitude of solutions that offer you the migration of data from one profile to another, the inconvenience is that copies the profile to a temporary location and then paste it to the destination profile which generally takes a lot of time” on average 2 hours ”which can be extended if the position is old. “

Before starting it will be necessary to look for the ADMX files, unfortunately, Microsoft has not published the download of ADMX files.

• Install OneDrive on a Windows 10
• Navigate to %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\BuildNumber\adm

• Copy the .ADML and .ADMX files.
• Paste the .ADMX file into the central store for your domain \\domain\sysvol\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions “where domain is your domain name”
• Paste the .ADML file into the appropriate language subfolder

• Create a group policy for example OneDrive.
• Create an environment variable called OneDriveSync under User Configuration => Preferences => Windows Settings => Environment .
• General tab: User variable
• Name: OneDriveSync
• Value: %userprofile%\OneDrive – Your Tenant’s Name
• Common Tab – Item Level Targeting
• Type of correspondence: The file exists
• Path: %userprofile%\OneDrive – Your Tenant’s Name

• Go to User Configuration => Administrative Templates => OneDrive
• Turn on Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder
• Click on display then enter the tenant ID in Value name
• Enter 1 in the Value column

To find your ID in Azure Active Directory:

• Go to Azure Active Directory on the left side
• Select Azure Active Directory.
• Select Properties.
• Find the directory ID

• Go to User Configuration => Administrative Templates => OneDrive
• Turn on Prevent users from syncing personal OneDrive accounts

• Go to User Configuration => Windows Settings => Folder Redirection
• Edit each folder you want to redirect with the following:
• Target tab – Settings: Basic
• Target folder location: redirect to the following location
• Root path: %Onedrivesync%\Documents

Settings tab If you want everything to move automatically, select Move folder contents to new location