One of our pieces of software here is deployed via clickonce. I'm looking to setup roaming profiles because our users have a tendency to hop around from machine to machine in the office and I don't want to have to install this app for each user on each machine.

Now, if I setup roaming profiles and use folder redirection on the applicationdata folder, what will the network overhead be like (30 users, win server 2k3, xp workstations) and will it still be functional if those workstations go offline (some of them are tablets)?

If a user does go off the domain and a new version of the app is available... will it err when trying to update to the redirected folder or will it install locally and sync the install once they reconnect to the domain?

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Things sitting in %apdata%\Local should not roam. While stuff in %appdata%\Roaming should. You can assign the software to the user wherever they login via group policy. The app then stores its application data in the roaming folder, which the user will get wherever they are. What is your actual concern? – Ian Boyd Oct 30 '09 at 17:14
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