RDS user profiles
As a generalization, user profiles in the Microsoft Windows world are fairly straightforward. A user account authenticates, usually via Active Directory, and the user is permitted log in to whatever computer or server they are sitting in front of. If this is the first time this user has logged in to this computer, a new Windows user profile is created on that computer. These user profiles, unless you have done some significant tweaking to your operating systems, all reside inside a folder called C:\Users. Additionally, a new section of the registry is created to contain settings specific to this user account.
Local profiles
When RDS began life, it was known as Terminal Server, and this default user profile behavior of the Windows world was exactly what happened on terminal servers whenever a user would log in. This means that each Terminal Server had its own C:\Users directory, and that directory could contain hundreds of different user profiles, one for...
