Step 1: User logs into their old Windows 7 SP1 computer joined to Windows Server 2012 Domain. Group Policy redirects Folders. User has set folders to Offline Mode. Everything works fine without issue. Turns off computer.
Step 2: Same user logs into their new Windows 7 SP1 computer joined to Windows Server 2012 Domain. Group Policy redirects Folders. User HAS NOT set folders to Offline Mode. Everything works fine without issue. Turns off computer.
Step 3: User logs back into their old Windows 7 SP1 computer joined to Windows Server 2012 Domain. Group Policy redirects Folders. As previously mentioned, User has previously set folders to Offline Mode. Everything works fine without issue. Turns off computer.
Step 4: User logs into their new Windows 7 SP1 computer joined to Windows Server 2012 Domain. Redirected folders are no longer accessible. Error code is logged to Event Viewer: Can not create folder, etc. All items relevant to KB2610379.
QUESTIONS:
First Question: Does Folder Redirection when combined with Offline Folders provide the functionality for a single user to login to multiple computers without issue? By design, it would appear that it does not or I would not be encountering this issue.
Second Question: Do I simply need to install the Hotfix in order for this issue to go away? In other words, does this Hotfix provide the functionality for a single user to log into multiple devices without this issue ever recurring? All Group Policy settings are set to defaults on the Server.
Third Question: By installing the Hotfix, does it provide the functionality for the user to have folders set to Offline Mode on their old computer while while the new computer has yet to have folders set to Offline Mode? Is this information stored
in the user account profile on the Server? Or is it stored locally on the computer via the Offline Files database? If it is being stored locally in the user account profile on the computer: WHY? It seems far more logical to have it stored
on the Server as a part of the user's profile in Active Directory.
Fourth Question: What issues does this present? What is the easiest way to resolve this issue? Is this a known issue? If this is by design, was the basic scenario described above foreseen? Is this an issue that will be addressed in a comprehensive manner?