I have a AD domain and have redirected the Documents folder for each of my users. I have the "Grant the user exclusive rights to the Documents" checkbox ticked so I can't get in to see their documents.
I also have Windows Server Backup running a complete backup to a network share every night. I run the backup as a user that's part of the Backup Operators security group. I tried doing a Files and Folders Recovery and went in to look for a single file in one of my user's Documents folders and nothing showed up.
What I'm wondering: does Windows Server Backup backup the files that are in the Documents folders that users have exclusive rights to? If my DC dies, and I do a full recovery, will all of their files still be there?
Best Answer
It works!
When I was looking in the restore section of Windows Server Backup, it didn't show the documents. But, I did a little test-recovery of my own files and the folder with my documents showed up with all of the documents inside.
The user that is doing the backups has to be a part of the backup operators group. That group can evidently backup documents that it doesn't have access too.
Hope this helps someone in the future :)