GPO: Folder Redirection via OneDrive

GPO: Folder Redirection via OneDrive

14 December 2020 0 By Rached Chader

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

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