{"id":1100,"date":"2013-03-02T05:22:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T10:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swildow.darktech.org\/wp\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2013-03-02T05:22:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T10:22:49","slug":"it-how-to-map-network-drives-on-windows-clients-via-group-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/?p=1100","title":{"rendered":"IT: How to Map Network Drives on Windows Clients via Group Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT: How to Map Network Drives on Windows Clients via Group Policy<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Mapping network drives is one of the most common jobs for a network administrator. In the past we used to use a script, but there is a group policy setting that can save us the scripting effort.<\/p>\n

Note: this is part of our ongoing series teaching IT administration basics, and might not apply to everybody.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mapping Network Drives Using Group Policy<\/h3>\n

Open the Group Policy Management Console by searching for it from the Start Menu.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll want to drill down into your domain until you reach the Machines object, where you can right-click and choose to Create a GPO.<\/p>\n

Note: Although the OU in our example is called the Machines OU it also contains\u00a0<\/em>some users. The Group Policy Setting that allows you to map drives is a User setting and is therefore assigned at logon, this means that the OU that you tie the GPO to should contain Users rather than only computers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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We have to give our new policy a name, we will name ours Mapped Drives (General).<\/p>\n

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Now we can right click on the policy and choose edit.<\/p>\n

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The policy that controls mapped drives is located at<\/p>\n

User Configuration\\Preferences\\Drive Maps<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We need to select the policy and right click in the white space and select new mapped drive.<\/p>\n

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Change the action to create, and type a location for your shared folder.<\/p>\n

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Now set the label, this is the name that will appear on the drive in my computer. You will also need to choose a drive letter, it is a best practice to choose a static letter across the board, the last thing you need to do is change the radio button at the bottom to Show this drive.<\/p>\n

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Now when the users logon the drives will be effortlessly mapped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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