Hi My company implements Folder Redirection of the "Documents" folder to a network share for each user. Our laptops are configured to automatically make redirected files available offline (default settting), however for our desktop computers we disable offline files via GPO, as there seems no reason to copy the users "Documents" content locally when desktops are always on a fast network. With the desktop configuration described above we are effectively tricking Windows 7 to think that a network drive is actually a local data directory, so I assume that when a user logs in my network file servers could be getting a hammering as Windows 7 Search builds the search index for "Documents"? Does anyone know or have experience of this, and what impact it may have on our network and file servers? I assume Microsoft will state that any network/server performance can be eliminated by enabling automatic offline files for desktops, however we are concerned about large data transfers and local copies of data when users log in to shared computers etc. Kind regards Rich

Hi Rich, If you would like to prevent Windows Search to index a specific network share, you may use the group policy “Prevent Indexing Certain Paths”. Reference: Prevent Indexing Certain Paths Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Rich, Just want to say Hi, and I was wondering how everything is going. If anything is unclear, please let me know. It is my pleasure to be of assistance. Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Rich, As this thread has been quiet for a while, we assume that the issue has been resolved. At this time, we will mark it as ‘Answered’ as the previous steps should be helpful for many similar scenarios. BTW, we’d love to hear your feedback about the solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems. Thanks for your understanding and efforts. Best Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.