[Technic] Best way to move users

[Justin Loucks]

I do the same as Theresa Green--delete their entire profile at the end of
the year and they get created at the beginning of the new year, empty, when
they log in.

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Theresa Greene <tgreene at phr6.com> wrote:

> All students are warned at the end of the school year here that once
> school is out that their files will be deleted. Students who wanted to
> keep their files and didn't have a flash drive - we burned their files
> to a disc for them.  It's much easier, then I can change the path of the
> whole OU in AD and the first time they log in at start of new school
> year it creates the folder automatically and they can start trying to
> fill it up with games, music and videos from day one.
>
> Returning students here in the fall are in for a big surprise on the new
> GP's being put into place. The former tech director was way too lax and
> I am darned sick and tired of deleting age of empires 2 expansion pack
> out of the user folders. Okay I am rambling, actually just feeling
> overwhelmed at the moment at all the stuff I have to do this summer by
> myself and wondering when the heck I am going to get it all done.
>
> Hope everyone gets a little rest and relaxation this summer.
>
>
> Theresa Greene
> Technology Director
> Pleasant Hope Schools
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: technic-bounces at lists.more.net
> [mailto:technic-bounces at lists.more.net] On Behalf Of Albin, Charles
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:30 PM
> To: technic at lists.more.net
> Subject: Re: [Technic] Best way to move users
>
> Andy, will they really need to carry their home directories with them?
> New building fresh start.  We just tell then that's the way it is.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Hall, Andy" <halla at mail.kearney.k12.mo.us>
> To: "Public School &amp;  Library Tech. Support Forum"
> <technic at lists.more.net>
> Sent: 6/4/08 1:38 PM
> Subject: [Technic] Best way to move users
>
>
> Have a question, not sure how to go about this.
>
> We have a single Windows 2003 domain for the district, and students move
> to a different building after the 5th, 7th, and 9th grades.  Each
> building has their own file server for student home directories, and
> within the domain, students are put in OU's based on graduation year.
>
> I'm to the point now of being ready to move the kids to their next
> building.  I'm wondering what the easiest way is to get home directories
> moved as well.  I thought about using ADModify to change the location of
> home directories for an entire OU, but I wasn't sure about getting the
> folders in the new location created and have permissions set properly.
> Is it possible to just drag and drop and have permissions stay with the
> folders?
>
> Anyone have any suggestions as to the best and easiest way to go about
> this?  With 300 kids per grade level, I don't like the idea of having to
> create new folders individually for all 900 kids going to a new
> building.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andy
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