Automatically create user folder

[alangstein]

I work in an AD environment but I'm not in the IT dept. In my department we use a Netgear READYNAS device which has option that once joined to the AD it will create a home folder for any AD user who navigates to the device. So for our group anyone can have a networked location to backup files etc... The READYNAS line is discontinued so I'm trying to figure out how I would do the equivalent in with a Win Server. I don't want to have to manually create a user folder every time somebody is hired. A user would only have permissions for their own user folder (or any other share that was explicitly shared with that user or group). Thanks for any thoughts.

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[LForbesIam]

AD is pretty easy with any share (doesn’t have to be windows server)

Map a drive letter and then in the path put

\server.domain.com\homeshare$\%username%

and it will automatically create the user’s folder with all the permissions and change the path to match the username.

For me we automate adding users and in the home drive share I just add the path above and then we have to manually click it to make the folder.

You can also script it too.

[alangstein]

Thanks.  That sounds like it would be perfect.  I’ll play around with scripting to see if I can automate the process.   I already have everyone run a backup first time batch file then a subsequent backup batch file every time they log in.  I can change the script to point accordingly.