While testing a Group Policy setting I had something unexpected happen:
I was attempting to set users Remote Desktop home folder to a network share through a GPO. Testing it with one user showed it was working, but after adding more users it began mapping the home folder to the local share of the terminal server. Even after editing the users Remote Desktop Services Profile through ADUC and disabling the GPO, the share was still being mapped locally. Only by deleting the local profile folder (C:\Documents and Settings\<User Folder>), disabling the GPO policy and having the user log back in did the problem get fixed.
The domain function level is 2008 R2, and the Terminal Servers are Windows 2000 (Long story!) After a little more research I realized that the Group Policy I was attempting to use will only affect 2003 and up. So why did implementing this Group Policy cause the home folder to map locally?
Ex. of file share I was trying to map to:
\\Fileserver\UserFiles\%username%
GPO Policy:
Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Profiles > Set Remote Desktop Services User Home Directory
Any insight is greatly appreciated.