Folder Synchronization

Users often work from a variety of locations, and in each location they access, create, change and delete files and folders. This may lead to problems if users are unable to find the correct documents because they have different sets of documents, or different document versions, in different workspaces.

Use Folder Synchronization to solve this by synchronizing the files in two designated folders, in order to ensure that the correct set of files and folders is available in the user's workspace.

Folder Synchronization: global or application-based

  • Configure global Folder Synchronization actions to synchronize the contents of folders that should be up to date when a Workspace Control session starts, ends, refreshes, reconnects or at specific intervals. Home folders are an example of folders that should be synchronized with a global Folder Synchronization action.

    Global-level Folder Synchronization actions are found in the Workspace Control Console under:

    • Composition > Actions By Type > Files and Folders > Folder Synchronization.

    • Composition > Actions By Event > At Logon. Select New > Folder Synchronization.

    • Composition > Actions By Event > At Session Refresh. Select New > Folder Synchronization.

    • Composition > Actions By Event > At Session Reconnect. Select New > Folder Synchronization.

    • Composition > Actions By Event > At Logoff. Select New > Folder Synchronization.

  • Configure application Folder Synchronization actions to synchronize the contents of folders that should be up to date when a specific application starts or ends.

    Navigate to Composition > Applications. Open an application and go to Configuration > Actions.

Prerequisites

Microsoft Sync Framework 2.1 must be installed on all Agents running user sessions in which folders are to be synchronized. This will be done automatically during installation of Workspace Control. Both folders must be accessible in the user's workspace. For one-way synchronization, the user must have write permissions on the local folder. For two-way synchronization, the user must have write permissions on both folders.