I wanted to follow-up on Adam's great post from last week on NAP's roll-out here within Microsoft. He stated: That actually seemed like a low number to me, and MSIT assures me that it's a reporting error, so I'll update that figure when I get a...

Hello MVPs! Are you interested in the highly anticipated, super exciting, #2 feature in Longhorn Server - Network Access Protection (NAP)? Are you traveling to Redmond for the MVP Summit next week? If the answer is “yes” to both of these questions, I...

The Enterprise Networking Group is hosting a web chat on Tuesday, March 13 th , 2007 at 11 A.M. (Redmond/Pacific Standard Time). This web chat will focus on deploying the #2 feature in Longhorn Server - Network Access Protection (NAP). There will be the...

I don't remember when I first starting hearing about Network Access Protection (NAP) but I know it was over a year ago, because I used to mention it in passing when I talked to customers about Windows Server 2003 R2 . I think it was originally a feature...

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Network Access Protection (NAP) Client for Windows XP SP2 – Beta 3 (February 12 th , 2007) to all Longhorn Server Beta customers. You may download it now from MSConnect . The previous release...

I re-enabled "Allow Anonymous Users to Comment" on the NAP blog. I was talking to my wife this evening about how I don't get a lot of interaction from folks on the NAP blog and she said "that's because you have anonymous comments disabled." "Oh", I...

I am so proud of the NAP and the team that works on it. We are kicking some serious butt at RSA right now. Bill Gates and Craig Mundie (Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer) gave a keynote named “ The Imperative to Connect: Advancing Trust...

Well folks, NAP IS REAL. How can I say this when we haven’t shipped Longhorn Server yet? :-> Well, we have 45 out of our 100 partners at RSA. 9 of these partners were in a special NAP Partner Pavilion showing their working products fully integrated...

Microsoft Network Access Protection Achieves 100-Partner Milestone More than 100 networking and security partners have pledged support for and integration with Microsoft® Network Access Protection (NAP). That’s right! I am the luckiest guy...

Say it – Booth 2325 . This is the place to hang out if you come to RSA 2007 , all you NAP fans! You get to see super cool live NAP demos put together by many of our NAP partners . You also get to pick up the NAP tour-guide which will...

Note: This NAP blog post was originally published in January of 2007. For a current version of this post, click here . The WSHA and WSHV are the SHA/SHV delivered with Windows Vista and Longhorn Server. A version of the WSHA will also be available...

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this web-chat event and made it a fruitful exercise. Here is the transcript . - Ambrish Verma and the EAP Team

Are you ready for Longhorn Server + NAP in 2007? I hope so. I hereby declare this the “year of NAP”. :-> We are making a huge bang at the RSA show this year. You have to come and check out what we have put together. It is going to blow your socks...

Here is what we have planned for the next month. Be sure to post a comment or send me mail if there is a chat you would love to see! Using Microsoft's RADIUS server to secure your Network Setting up a secure Network for VPN or wireless access...

Happy New Year to everyone! There is some exciting news being announced on the RRAS blog around a new technology in Longhorn Server and Vista SP1 that enables SSL based VPN connectivity. The technology is called Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol...

Hi All - The NAP Team has a surprise progress report for you today regarding NAP on XP, 802.1x and EAP that we know you will enjoy! Please check out the attached video clip and let us know your thoughts. Note: The clip is indeed silent, so there...

The Enterprise Networking Group (ENG) is hosting a web chat on Tuesday, January 18 th at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time. This web chat will be focused on explaining the role of EAPHost, a networking component introduced in Windows Vista. EAPHost provides an Extensible...

If you were not able to join us on Novemeber 13th for "The World of NAP" webchat, you will be able to view the transcript on technet archives. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/default.mspx Kapil Jain NPS Test Team

The highly anticipated 1x step-by-step guide has been posted to Microsoft.com. Check it out here . I wanted to let everyone know that I am on vacation until January 8 th , 2007. After shipping Windows Vista, I am taking some time off to re-charge for...

The Network Access Protection (NAP) Product Team is hosting a web-chat on Monday 11/13/2006 at 2:30pm Pacific Time. This is part of the NAP teams ongoing efforts to engage with our customers, answer questions and find out your thoughts on the product...

Woo-hoo!!!!! Vista has released to manufacturing! Read about it here and here . Cheers! Jeff Sigman NAP Release Manager Jeff.Sigman@online.microsoft.com * http://blogs.technet.com/nap * Remove the "online" to actually email me. ** This posting...

I haven't blogged in a while, so I wanted to give everyone a NAP "update". First, Windows Vista is going to rock! We are so close to the end it is palpable . It has turned out really great and I am proud to say that I have worked on it. I personally...

For those who are developing SHA/SHV components, please take a moment to read the following changes in the document. The sample code will be modified in the future version of the SDK. If you need further clarification, please use the public forum http...

The Microsoft Technology Center in Silicon Valley is currently working with the NAP team and HP’s Procurve division to deploy NAP into production running against Longhorn Server build 5600 and Procurve’s new wired and wireless infrastructure products...

Hi everyone. As we get closer to the release of Vista I wanted to give everyone an update on how things are going for Network Access Protection (NAP). And things are going great! It is an exciting time because we are closing in on completing a huge milestone...