Best way to set up user profiles in satellite office?

[isasir]

WE have a small satellite office that staff uses maybe once a month (some more than others). The staff that frequents this office would like to connect to our Exchange server in the main office and the shared user drives. THis works fine, since VPN is up and running.

The issue tho' is, we have 5 PCs, and they want this ability on all PCs. They also hate having to wait ~5 min. for a profile to get set up on a PC, then more time while Outlook sets up a local Exchange setup. Is there a quicker way to set up about 5 people on 5 PCs with profiles and Outlook good to go?

 

[JRock]

Create a profile on a local pc in your office. Configure everything to spec. Check it over etc. Connect to each remote machine as a local or domain admin and copy the contents of the profile you created to the "Default User" folder on the remote machine. Now all you have to do it tell them to login as themsemselves (it will pull the new profile you created) and type their name for exchange setting and hit check name to make sure thier mailbox exists.

edit: if they have already logged into the machine prior they they will have an existing profile. You now have 3 options.

1. Delete their current profile and have them login again so it now pulls the "Default User" profile

2. Copy you new "profile" and overwrite their current profile.

3. Manually setup their existing profile (as you have been doing)

if you need more of an explaination let me know.