Dr_Gray Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 I've had a small group of users working with File Stream since it was launched. So far so good. I'm very excited about the proposition of moving all staff home directories to the new G drive. The challenge is a process of doing without the login credentials of each users we want to move. Has anyone else moved in this direction or given thought to it? I would like to get rid of the file servers once and for all.
AlanD Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 Welll...if your are using PCs....I doubt Microsoft are going to help you get rid of your servers....PCs still need to do domain logons....with machine GPOs etc..which need to come from somewhere. And User settings and profiles will need to load from somewhere after logon - and probably (almost certainly) before any connection to File stream has been established. You might persuade your server to connect to Filestream and then pass that on to clients via a network share......Logon only needs to be done once then at the server. With new versions of Win10 without local copies of roaming profiles (...but you still have profiles) I'm sure there is a future in this direction..... And of course - we are already there if you choose to use something like Chromebook.....but that is too big a leap for some users....maybe if you run a Terminal Server and a browser based RDP session you could get windows applications to a chrome desktop. But I think it would be an uphill struggle to wean users off Microsoft all together in a school.
FN-GM Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 (edited) Welll...if your are using PCs....I doubt Microsoft are going to help you get rid of your servers....PCs still need to do domain logons....with machine GPOs etc..which need to come from somewhere. And User settings and profiles will need to load from somewhere after logon - and probably (almost certainly) before any connection to File stream has been established. You might persuade your server to connect to Filestream and then pass that on to clients via a network share......Logon only needs to be done once then at the server. With new versions of Win10 without local copies of roaming profiles (...but you still have profiles) I'm sure there is a future in this direction..... And of course - we are already there if you choose to use something like Chromebook.....but that is too big a leap for some users....maybe if you run a Terminal Server and a browser based RDP session you could get windows applications to a chrome desktop. But I think it would be an uphill struggle to wean users off Microsoft all together in a school. This is not on topic nor what the OP is asking? The OP is talking about home directories not group policy, user profiles etc. @Dr_Gray I am looking into this myself. I have some ideas on how to migrate users data without needing their logins using a combination of GAM and Rclone. In a nut shell it works like this. 1. Create a folder in users google drive using GAM 2. Share this with service account using GAM 3. Under the service account use Rclone to copy the data into that shared folder. 4. Remove the share permissions to the service account using GAM. Edited October 28, 2017 by FN-GM 2
the_quick Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Only problem I have with file stream, it doesn't not convert files on the fly to Google format, unless there is not need to use Google Docs/Sheets. But really looking at something similar for users
Dr_Gray Posted October 30, 2017 Author Posted October 30, 2017 Sorry I didn't leave a ton of details. I'm refering to file servers, I'll still have my camera, phone, printer, AD, GPS, SIS, and other servers just not the pesky file servers and the mountain of backups to deal with.
Dr_Gray Posted October 30, 2017 Author Posted October 30, 2017 Thanks @FN-GM I will have to check out GAM. To be honest I have not used it before, but it sounds like it will give us some additional ability to work in the Google Space. Our district is pretty new to the world of Google and as I Microsoft guy I was not thrilled, but hard to beat the price.
FN-GM Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 I have worked on this more and have a working solution if people are interested?
FN-GM Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Got one bit to finish off (with the help of another member) then I will have something for you. 2
tj2419 Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 Got one bit to finish off (with the help of another member) then I will have something for you. Hi is there an ETA on this. Would be very interested to hear where you are up to? Thanks
Dr_Gray Posted March 27, 2018 Author Posted March 27, 2018 Awesome, looking forward to what you are able to create. I'm content to move my users manually building by building :-).
FN-GM Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 I got side tracked with other things at work as well as renewing my Cisco certification. Sorry about that
tj2419 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Got one bit to finish off (with the help of another member) then I will have something for you.sorry to pester but any update on this? Trying to put some blue sky thinking plans together for migrating to the cloud. Cheers
Michael Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 I'd be interested in this too - in particular mapping Pictures, Music, Videos and Favourites to name a few! All very easy with Folder Redirection.
jgc Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 I'd be interested in this too - in particular mapping Pictures, Music, Videos and Favourites to name a few! All very easy with Folder Redirection. Hi Any Update?
Arthur Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 sorry to pester but any update on this? I'd be interested in this too Any Update? I have created a couple of PowerShell scripts to do what the OP described (using RClone). You can download them from here. They are quite similar to @FN-GM's script. ;)
The_IT_Guy Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 I have created a couple of PowerShell scripts to do what the OP described (using RClone). You can download them from here. They are quite similar to @FN-GM's script. ;) Cheers @Arthur but I'm getting a 404 error on your link. Thanks
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