DriveMap using group policy


How to force drive map for all users under active directory?

Drive MAP is sharing network drive among all users in the network. In other words Drive MAP is the logical location of network shared drive locally.
In windows environment network sharing can be achieved in many ways. The following method would be the efficient and no action needed at user end.
To share a network drive under windows domain environment,
First create a small script with following line,

net use i: /delete
net use  i : \\ipaddress\sharename

Save script as drivemap.bat store under SYSVOL/domain/scripts/drivemap.bat
Second step is,
Open Group policy management from mmc, and create a new policy and link it with domain.
In group policy editor,
Open    
User Configuration
                                Windows settings  
                                                Scripts  
                Logon
Under logon, add the script and click O.K.

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