Lesson 3: Migrating and Configuring User Data MOAC 70-687: Configuring Windows 8.1

Lesson 3: Migrating and Configuring User Data

MOAC 70-687: Configuring Windows 8.1

Overview• Exam Objective 1.3: Migrate and configure

user datao Migrate user profileso Configure folder locationo Configure profiles, including profile version,

local, roaming, and mandatory

Configuring User Profiles


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User Profiles• A user profile is a series of folders,

associated with a specific user account, that contain personal documents, user-specific registry settings, Internet favorites, and other personalized information—everything that provides a user’s familiar working environment.

• On a Windows 8.1 computer, user profiles are stored in the Users folder, in subfolders named for the user accounts.


User Profiles• There are three main types of user

profiles, as follows:o Local user profileo Roaming user profileo Mandatory user profile


Using Roaming Profiles

• A roaming user profile is simply a copy of a local user profile that is stored on a network share (to which the user has appropriate permissions), so that the user can access it from any computer on the network.

• To enable a user to access a roaming user profile, rather than a local profile, you must open the user’s Properties sheet to the Profile tab and specify the location of the roaming profile in the Profile Path field.



• For a local user account, you use the Local Users and Groups snap-in – available through the Computer Management console – to access the user’s Properties sheet.

• For Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain users, you use the Active Directory Users and Computers console to access a user’s Properties sheet.

• The path to the roaming profile folder that you specify on the Profile tab should use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) notation, in the form \\server\share\folder.



• To use a single server folder to store profiles for multiple users, you can create subfolders named for the users and add the %username% environment variable to the profile path:

• Example: \\Fileserver1\Profiles\Users\%username%,

• For all of your users, and each one will receive a roaming profile in a separate subfolder, named using his or her account, in the Users folder, in the Profiles share, on a server called Fileserver1.

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The Profile tab of a domain user’s Properties sheet


Using Mandatory User Profiles

• A mandatory user profile is simply a read-only roaming user profile.

• To create a mandatory user profile, you rename the Ntuser.dat file in the folder containing the roaming profile to Ntuser.man.

• Renaming this file with a .man extension makes it read-only, preventing the client computers from saving changes to the profile when a user logs off.


Managing Profile Compatibility

• User profiles created with Windows 8/8.1 are not compatible with Windows 7 or earlier versions. If you use a computer running Windows 8/8.1 to access a roaming profile created with Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 automatically upgrades the profile to its new format, rendering it unusable with Windows 7.

• To control which profile a workstation uses based on the operating system version, you can use a Group Policy setting called Set roaming profile path for all users logging on to this computer.

Managing Profile Compatibility

The Set roaming profile path for all users logging on to this computer dialog box


Migrating User ProfilesLesson 3: Migrating and Configuring User Data


Migrating User Profiles

• There are two basic methods for deploying Windows 8.1 to a client while retaining the user profile settings: upgrade and migration.

• Microsoft has created two different tools for migrating files and settings to new computers, which are as follows:o Windows Easy Transfer o User State Migration Tool


Using Windows Easy Transfer

• Windows Easy Transfer migrates user profile data from one computer to another in a variety of scenarios.

• Some of the options you can select are as follows:o Number of computers o Direct or indirect o Storage medium



• The most common scenarios are likely to be the following:o A user purchases a new computer on which he

wants to run Windows 8.1, but he also wants to retain the files and settings from his existing Windows computer.

o A user wants to install Windows 8.1 on her existing Windows computer and retain all of her files and settings, but she wants to avoid performing an upgrade to maximize her Windows 8.1 performance.



• The procedure for migrating files:1. Saving the user profile information on the

existing computer2. Transferring the information to the new

computer


Transferring Data to Windows 8.1

• The version of Windows Easy Transfer included with Windows 8.1 is compatible with the Windows 8 and Windows 7 versions as sources. o It is not compatible with earlier Windows versions of the tool, even

the ones available from the Microsoft Download Center that are designed for Windows 8 compatibility.

• No matter what data you choose to save when running Windows Easy Transfer on a Windows 7 or Windows 8 source system, the version included with Windows 8.1 can only transfer fileso It cannot import Windows settings. In addition, the Windows 8.1

version functions only as a transfer destination; it cannot save data for transfer to other systems.

• The Windows 8.1 version of Windows Easy Transfer only supports migrations using a removable storage device, such as an external hard drive or a USB flash drive.

Transferring Data to Windows 8.1

The What do you want to use to transfer items to your new PC? page


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Using the User State Migration Tool

• The User State Migration Tool (USMT) has the same basic capabilities as Windows Easy Transfer; however, USMT is a command line program that lacks a graphical interface.

• USMT includes two separate command line programs: Scanstate.exe, which saves user profile data; and Loadstate.exe, which restores previously-saved user profile data.

Configuring Folder Redirection



Folder Redirection• Folder redirection is a Windows 8.1 feature

that is simply a means of storing a copy of certain user profile folders on another computer, usually a file server.

• To implement folder redirection on Windows 8.1, you must join the workstation to an Active Directory Domain Services domain and create Group Policy settings that specify which folders to redirect and where to store them.


The Folder Redirection policies in a GPO




The Properties sheet for a Folder Location policy


Folder Redirection Group Policy Settings

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Folder Redirection Group Policy Settings

Lesson Summary• A user profile is a series of folders, associated with a

specific user account, that contain personal documents, user-specific registry settings, Internet favorites, and other personalized information—everything that provides a user’s familiar working environment.

• A roaming user profile is simply a copy of a local user profile that is stored on a network share (to which the user has appropriate permissions), so that the user can access it from any computer on the network.

• A mandatory user profile is simply a read-only roaming user profile.

• Windows Easy Transfer is a tool that migrates user profile information from an existing Windows computer to a new computer with a clean installation of Windows 8.1.


Lesson Summary• The User State Migration Tool (USMT) has the same basic

capabilities as Windows Easy Transfer. The primary difference between the two is that USMT is a command line program that lacks a graphical interface.

• Folder redirection is a Windows 8.1 feature that is simply a means of storing a copy of certain user profile folders on another computer, usually a file server.

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