Domino server roaming and file server roaming are available for Notes (standard) users on supported Microsoft® Windows® 32-bit, Linux®, and Apple® Mac OS X® platforms.

Roaming user functionality for Notes basic configuration remains essentially unchanged from earlier Notes basic configuration releases. None of the additional roaming capabilities that are introduced in Notes client 8.5 are supported in the Notes client basic configuration. We do not recommend using the roaming feature to roam settings between the Notes client basic configuration and Notes client standard configuration. Roaming in the Notes client standard configuration was not available in Notes 8.

1. Install or upgrade the Domino roaming server to the current Domino release.

2. For the Notes client computers that will allow file server roaming or Domino server roaming for Notes standard configuration users, install or upgrade to the current Notes standard configuration release.

3. Configure registered users as roaming users.

• For file server roaming, you can assign the roaming policy in the Assigned Policy field - Administration tab on the user's Person document or by adding the user's name to the Policy Assignment field on the Policy document or by adding the user to a group and adding that group name to the Policy Assignment field on the Policy document.
• For Domino server roaming, you can either assign roaming settings during user registration, or after the user is registered. For a registered user, upgrade the user to roaming status using the Roaming tool in the Domino Administrator client. (People & Groups - People - Tools - Roaming)

Related topics

Using policy settings documents to configure file server roaming
Creating a roaming policy settings document
Registering a roaming user
Roaming users
Using replication with a roaming server
User preferences for file server roaming
Upgrading to and downgrading from roaming user status

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