CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

though, because it’s a new home folder.
This creates some frustration because users might want to have only one
Documents folder, one Downloads folder, one Pictures folder . . . in other
words, a single unified home folder. To accomplish this “oneness,”
administrators set up roaming profiles on the server. When a user logs on to
the domain, the roaming profile applies and the user can access his or her
files.
Additionally, administrators can specify the location of users’ home
folders, so that when users log on, they access home folders on a remote
server rather than the local machine. This process, called folder redirection,
helps administrators keep tighter control over network resources.
Just to be clear, administrators handle the processes involved in setting up
roaming pro-files and folder redirection (and many other cool Active
Directory features). CompTIA A+ techs need to know that these features
exist so they’re not surprised in the field.
Active Directory enables extremely flexible organization of Active
Directory users and computers via the use of organizational units (OUs),
holding spaces, containers, buckets if you will, that enable you to organize
users and computers by function, location, permission . . . Whatever makes
sense for your organization, you can use OUs to manage those assets.
Figure 19-45 shows an example of a heavily modified Active Directory
for the totalhome.local domain. Note the OUs for different locations, inactive
accounts, and even printers.