Q:

Backup Active Directory users' files, deploy via GPO?

Am looking for a solution which can be configured to be deployed via group policies. I've looked into Windows Backup, but it doesn't fulfill our requirements. We need something like this:

Runs silently on user computer as a service.
Configured via GPO, and can't be switched off by standard users.

This question is a result of a previous topic posted here: Fake Recycle Bin via Group Policy 

A:

You shouldn't be storing user data files on client computers. You should be using something like Folder Redirection, which can be configured via Group Policy, to store user data files on server computers (where they can have all kinds of fun redundancies applied to their storage). If your users need access to their files when disconnected from the network (say, on portable computers) you migth consider using the Offline Files feature to cache and synchronize copies of files on the hard disk drives of client computers.
My experience has been that no client-side backup "solution" has ever come reached the reliability of just storing user files on server computers.

