I have two domain controllers (Windows 2012R2) in one forest. I was playing around with Folder redirection. It worked on Windows 8.1 Computer but not on Windows 7 Pro. Three test user accounts have been created on the domain and all three document folders have been synced up from Windows 8.1.
"Also apply redirection policy to Windows 200, Windows 2000 Server ......" setting was checked there. All users are grouped to "Folder Redirection User Group" and set up at GPO Security Filtering.
Still, on Windows 7, no redirection works.
Edit1: I suspect it could be due to SMB share version. W2012R2 supports SMB 3.02 and W7 uses SMB 2.
Edit2: Or it could be the Folder Relocation Root Path in GPO. \\dc2.abc.def.com\UserProfiles$ was used. Should I use \\dc2\UserProfiles$ ?
Edit3: After playing around, I don't think it is related to FQDN. Even setting up a share folder on the main domain controller (dc1) didn't solve this issue. Windows7 Client was not able to login the root of the shared folder i.e \dc1 and asking log in credentials. But those folders are able see on Windows 8 Computer.
The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out ------------------------------------------------------------------- Local Group Policy Filtering: Not Applied (Empty) Folder Redirection Settings Filtering: Denied (Security)