Group Policy includes the Drive Maps preference extension. For users, this extension allows you to:
- Create dynamic drive mappings to network
shares.
- Create dynamic drive mappings to network
shares using alternate user credentials.
- Modify mapped drives and their
properties.
- Delete a single mapped drive.
- Delete all mapped drives or all mapped drives
from a designated drive letter onward.
- Hide or show a single drive or all drives,
both mapped and physical.
Getting started
You can create and configure Mapped Drive preference items for any domain-based Group Policy object (GPO). You configure the settings by editing a GPO using the Group Policy Management Console. When editing a GPO, you can find this preference extension at the following location:
User Configuration
└ Preferences
└ Windows Settings
└ Drive Maps
For information about how to use this extension to create and configure a preference item, see the following topics: