Synchronize laptops over terminal server

[judy.sin.jm@gmail.com]

Hi,

My company has recently outsourced our IT department to a server farm,
which we connect to via terminal server.
Salespeople who travel with laptops need offline access to their files
for when they are on airplanes, trains, etc. I was
quite...surprised...to hear that it is not possible to synchronize
files for offline use on a laptop via the terminal server. Can anyone
absolutely confirm that this is true? I also saw that someone
mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party software, I
would appreciate it if someone could recommend a software package that
can help us with this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Judy

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Offline Files and Terminal Services are mutually exclusive
features.
You cannot configure a Windows 2003 Server to use Offline Files
when Remote Desktop for Administration is enabled, let alone
Terminal Services. The Folder Options - Offline Files tab in
Explorer states this clearly.

I'm not aware of 3rd party software which enables this, but that
doesn't mean that it doesn't exist
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judy.sin.jm@gmail.com wrote on 22 jul 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi,
>
> My company has recently outsourced our IT department to a server
> farm, which we connect to via terminal server.
> Salespeople who travel with laptops need offline access to their
> files for when they are on airplanes, trains, etc. I was
> quite...surprised...to hear that it is not possible to
> synchronize files for offline use on a laptop via the terminal
> server. Can anyone absolutely confirm that this is true? I also
> saw that someone mentioned that this can be accomplished via
> third party software, I would appreciate it if someone could
> recommend a software package that can help us with this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Judy

 

[pgartner]

On Jul 22, 1:49 am, judy.sin...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
I also saw that someone
> mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party software, I
> would appreciate it if someone could recommend a software package that
> can help us with this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Judy



I use alwayssync http://www.alwayssync.com/ to sync shared folders to
my users local hdd in thier local session. I have not used it in any
terminal server, so i don't know how that will react they have an eval
version you can download and try

Paul
T

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

pgartner <pgartner@ln-tech.com> wrote on 22 jul 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> On Jul 22, 1:49 am, judy.sin...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
> I also saw that someone
>> mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party
>> software, I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a
>> software package that can help us with this problem.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Judy
>
>
> I use alwayssync http://www.alwayssync.com/ to sync shared
> folders to my users local hdd in thier local session. I have not
> used it in any terminal server, so i don't know how that will
> react they have an eval version you can download and try
>
> Paul

Yes, a utility like that seems to be the best solution. Not
completely automatic, but nearly so.
If AlwaysSync doesn't do it, you can also try Microsoft's SyncToy:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fc1154-
c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7&DisplayLang=en

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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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[judy.sin.jm@gmail.com]

On Jul 22, 1:07 pm, pgartner <pgart...@ln-tech.com> wrote:
> On Jul 22, 1:49 am, judy.sin...@gmail.com wrote:> Hi,
>
> I also saw that someone
>
> > mentioned that this can be accomplished via third party software, I
> > would appreciate it if someone could recommend a software package that
> > can help us with this problem.
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > Judy
>
> I use alwayssynchttp://www.alwayssync.com/to sync shared folders to
> my users local hdd in thier local session. I have not used it in any
> terminal server, so i don't know how that will react they have an eval
> version you can download and try
>
> Paul
> T

Thanks to all for your assistance, I will check out these products.