No, you haven't entered a time warp - this blog post is about a guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 - and not for Windows Server 2012. This guide was previously published only in HTML format, but now you can download the Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Network Companion Guide: Deploying 802.1X Authenticated...

Windows Server: The Power of Integration in TechNet Magazine describes how you can use multiple features and technologies of the Windows client and server platforms to create new value in the form of a solution that addresses an IT capability or business need. This article highlights the DirectAccess...

The Test Lab Guide: Deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to Protect Network Communication to a Domain Controller ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=70d03db3-f4c3-45fd-866c-ce504190f4f3 ) is now available. This new modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) from Senior Technical...

The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Access VPNs ( http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guide-demonstrate-remote-access-vpns.aspx ) is now available. This community-authored Test Lab Guide (TLG) in the TechNet Wiki uses the Base Configuration TLG and the Routing and...

The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate IPv6 ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9db5abdf-80e0-4c3e-9204-69c6c65e2195 ) is now available. This new modular TLG demonstrates the following: The default IPv6 behavior of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on a multi-subnet IPv4...

In Disabling Network Discovery/Network Resources , Senior Support Escalation Engineer David Pracht provides a excellent overview of the Network Discovery capability in Windows 7 and Windows Vista, its relationship with Windows Firewall rules, and detailed advice on how to disable it. Check this out...

Hi everyone - Just wanted to let you know that a new video on how to deploy a non-domain member BranchCache hosted cache server is now published live on TechNet Edge. This is a two-part video, and the total running time for both is around eleven and a half minutes. With the video you...

The TechNet Magazine article titled Compliance Reporting: First Step in Controlling Client Cloud Access , by Dan Griffin and Lee Walker, tells you how improve your auditing and compliance reporting by using Network Access Protection (NAP) and Internet Protocol security (IPsec) enforcement to control...

The Cable Guy article for July 2010, titled " Connecting to Wireless Networks with Windows 7 ,” is now available. This article describes the various ways you can connect to wireless networks and configure and manage wireless network profiles in Windows 7. For a listing of the most recent The...

The Cable Guy article for June 2010, titled “ DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) ,” is now available. This article includes a detailed discussion of the different Internet Protocol security (IPsec) tunnels that DirectAccess clients use and how to configure DirectAccess connection...

The new Step By Step Guide: Troubleshoot DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) in a Test Lab leverages the DirectAccess with NAP test lab configuration described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with NAP in a Test Lab and teaches you how to troubleshoot Windows Server 2008...

Hi everybody! Just wanted to let you know that the new “BranchCache Hosted Cache Mode Step by Step” guide is published. You can get the guide in two formats -- download the Word document from the Microsoft Download Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193487 . Or if...

Troubleshoot DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a new topic in the TechNet Wiki that summarizes and links to all of the resources on troubleshooting DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Check it out. Joe Davies Principal Writer Windows Server Networking Documentation...

The following TechNet Wiki topics are extensions to the working DirectAccess test lab, as described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab : · DirectAccess Test Lab Extension: Selected Server Access Describes how to configure Selected Server access for DirectAccess clients...

The “ DirectAccess with NAP Troubleshooting Guidance ” topic has been added to the DirectAccess with NAP solution . This new topic describes how to quickly determine whether a problem with a DirectAccess client is due to NAP (an issue with health validation) or DirectAccess (an issue with intranet...

An updated version of the “ DirectAccess Design, Deployment, and Troubleshooting Guides ” white paper is now available in the Microsoft Download Center. This paper contains all of the content in the following guides as of April 15: · DirectAccess Design Guide · DirectAccess Deployment Guide...

On Wednesday, April 7, I presented a summary of updates that were made to the Domain Name System (DNS) client with Windows 7 to the Seattle Windows Networking User Group . We discussed a change to DNS devolution behavior that affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and previous operating systems...

The Cable Guy article for April 2010, titled “ Network Diagnostics and Tracing in Windows 7 ,” is now available. Diagnostics for networking issues in WIndows 7 is now integrated into the notification area, the Troubleshooting item in Control Panel, and network tracing using Event Tracing for Windows...

The DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) solution is a pilot for a new type of content that provides technical information and deployment guidance for larger solutions or scenarios that require multiple Windows Server technologies or Microsoft products . The deployment guidance provides...

The Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) in a Test Lab document describes how to configure NAP enforcement for access to the intranet in the DirectAccess test lab (described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab document) . NAP...

The Cable Guy article for March 2010, titled “ Network Location Detection for DirectAccess ,” is now available. Network location detection allows a DirectAccess client to determine when it is connected to its intranet. This article provides an overview of name resolution and network location detection...

Many of you have probably heard of BranchCache , which is a new networking feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 (and some editions of Windows 7) that helps you optimize wide area network (WAN) bandwidth utilization - but have you actually deployed the technology? If the answer is "no," but you're looking...

The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Troubleshooting Guide: Diagnostics and Tools has been updated to include information about Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. This guide describes how Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and Internet Protocol (IPsec) works, what the common troubleshooting...

The Solution Accelerators Team has just released the Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA) , a solution accelerator that helps streamline end-user support for DirectAccess. The DCA installs on DirectAccess clients and adds an icon to the notification area of the desktop. With this icon...

The Cable Guy article in the February 2010 issue of TechNet Magazine online, titled “ The Name Resolution Policy Table ,” is now available. The latest versions of Windows use the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) to specify special handling of DNS queries for DirectAccess and DNS Security Extensions...