Map a Shared Folder to Network Drive

Map a Shared Folder to Network Drive with Group Policy is pretty straight forward:

1. Open the group policy management console.
2. Right-click on your domain or any specific users OU for which you want to map the network drive.
3. Click “Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here”.
4. Give a meaningful name to the GPO.
5. Right-click on the newly created GPO and choose Edit.
6. Go to the following location. User Configuration → Preferences → Windows Settings → Drive Maps
7. Right-click on Drive Maps and then click New → Mapped Drive.
8. On the General tab, choose 'Create' from the action drop down.
9. Provide the shared folder location, check the Reconnect checkbox, and give a meaningful label as well as a drive letter.
10. Go to common tab, and choose Run in logged-on user's security context option.
11. Open the command prompt and execute the gpupdate command to update the group policies.

Enjoy,

Your ArtIT Team

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