Synchronize Home folders ?

[suhy]

I have small network: Windows 2003 server for AD and filesharing, around 10 workstations, and 10 Laptops.

Users will have "Home" directories on server.

What is the best way to synchronize this "Home" folder to local disk of Laptop, so, when they are out of office, they will have all files with them, and of course for backup purpose.

[tguy]

You could try having them use offline files.

You could try having them use SyncToy 1.2.

You could use another third party replication tool.

[playsafe]

You could try having them use offline files.

You could try having them use SyncToy 1.2.

Yes, using offline files is the best thing i have used in this regard.

Surely i will give SyncToy a try as well. But there are enough options with offline files to sync your files with server.

[suhy]

Thnx for help..

Yes, first i went with offline files... good stuff: it's synchronizing, and mostly i found tool to move cache to some othel local partition - great(cachemov)

and synctoy, or even better syncback utility for rest of stuff, like Outlook.pst, since you must have original on laptop, right?

Any comment on that? is it safe to have original .pst on network and sync it with offline files?

And is there any freeware realtime sync software that would handle some files, maby even open files?