Move users to another Work Folders server
Load balance the Work Folders servers by moving some users to a new server.
- Create new security groups for each Work Folders sync share
- Migrate the existing data to the new server (see detailed steps below)
- There are two options:
- Let the Work Folders client seed the new server
- Pre-seed the data on the new server (move the user folder from the old server to the new server)
- There are two options:
(Note: If this step is performed, the ACLs and timestamps must be retained or the client will re-sync all data.
- Deploy Work Folders on new server
- Give users access to the sync share on the new server
- Remove access to the sync share on the old server
Detailed steps can be found in the following forum post: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/aef2011c-2d99-4bf8-955f-94b013d03733/howto-migrate-work-folders-server
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