GPO Network Location

Federico Coppola 1,181 Reputation points
2020-09-14T13:30:37.32+00:00

Hi all,
In a company there are many shares and we prefer to use "Network Location" and not "Disk Mapping".
In ths company there is DFS solution too, so every time I need to configure manually link to finally user to "aim" DFS path (In my case is "\company.local\shares")

Is there a way to create this link (Network Location in File Explorer) automatically using Group Policy?

All client are Windows 10 OS.

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Thank so much!
Federico

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  1. Federico Coppola 1,181 Reputation points
    2020-09-14T20:43:23.593+00:00

    Dear @Leon Laude ,
    thanks for your reply.
    I prefer use Network Map due to I would avoid to use letter that specify a disk (network path).

    I have found solution from this discussion: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/452028b2-d22a-42c1-9a1b-04b8e1f75281/group-policy-preference-network-locations-how-to-add-network-locations?forum=winserverGP

    Thanks!

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  2. Leon Laude 85,651 Reputation points
    2020-09-14T13:45:53.5+00:00

    Hi @Federico Coppola ,

    You can use Group Policies to map network drives, the location can be a normal Windows share, DFS share or a drive, this is entirely up to you.
    You can follow along the guide below:
    How To Map Network Drives With Group Policy (Complete Guide)

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    (If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote or accept as answer, thank you)

    Best regards,
    Leon

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  3. Vicky Wang 2,646 Reputation points
    2020-09-15T06:38:11.373+00:00

    Hi,
    I am glad to hear that your issue was successfully resolved.
    If there is anything else we can do for you, please feel free to post in the forum.
    Have a nice day!

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