In general, in Windows Server-based networks, the following user profiles are used:
- The local user profile is created when the user logs on to a computer for the first time and is stored on a local computer (see Figure 5.22).
- The roaming user profile is a local profile copied and stored to a network share.
- The mandatory user profile is a kind of roaming profile where a user logs off and no changes in a profile are saved:

Figure 5.22: User profiles in Windows Server 2019
From the preceding explanation it can be concluded that the local user profile is stored on the local computer, the roaming user profile is stored ...