Configure folder redirection on the Windows Server Essentials Destination Server

Applies To: Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Perform this task if folder redirection is enabled on the Source Server.

First, delete the old Folder Redirection Group Policy setting. Then use the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard to enable folder redirection on the Destination Server.

To delete the old Folder Redirection Group Policy setting

  1. On the Destination Server, open the Group Policy Management administrative tool.

  2. In Group Policy Management, expand Forest:YourNetworkDomainName, expand Domains, expand YourNetworkDomainName, and then expand Group Policy Objects.

  3. Right-click SBS Group Policy Folder Redirection, and then click Delete.

  4. Right-click SBS Group Policy Security Templates, and then click Delete.

  5. Read the warning, and then click Yes.

  6. Close Group Policy Management.

To enable folder redirection on the Destination Server

  1. On the Destination Server, open the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard.

  2. In the navigation bar, click Devices.

  3. In the Devices Tasks pane, click Implement Group Policy.

  4. On the Enable Folder Redirection Group Policy page, select the folders to be redirected, and then click Next.

  5. On the Enable Security Policy Settings page, click Finish.

    To apply the change to folder redirection, network users must log off their computer, and then log back on. This ensures the transfer of all redirected folders to the Destination Server.