Configuring Policy Removal Options

In the following scenarios, a Folder Redirection policy can move out of scope for a specific user:

• The Folder Redirection GPO becomes unlinked from the OU to which it was previously linked.
• The Folder Redirection GPO is deleted.
• The user's account is moved to a different OU and the Folder Redirection GPO is not linked to that OU.
• The user becomes a member of a security group to which security filtering has been applied to prevent the Folder Redirection GPO from applying to the group.

In any of these scenarios, the configured policy removal option determines the behavior of the Folder Redirection policy. The two policy removal options for Folder Redirection policies are as follows:

• Leave The Folder In New Location When Policy Is Removed This is the default option and leaves the redirected folder in its present state when the policy goes out of scope. For example, if a GPO redirects the Documents folder to \\DOCSRV\DOCS \user_name\Documents and this GPO goes out of scope for the users to which it applies, the users' Documents folders will remain on the file server and will not be returned to the users' local profiles on their computers.
• Redirect The Folder Back To The Local UserProfile Location When Policy Is Removed Choosing this option causes the redirected folder to be returned to the user's local profile when the GPO goes out of scope.