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...

In response to requests for downloadable versions of the NAP Design Guide and the NAP Deployment Guide , I've posted *.doc versions of these guides on the Download Center. Visit the following link: Network Access Protection (NAP) Design and Deployment Guides to download these, and thanks for checking...

We posted a new video at TechNet Edge: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/running-setprint-ps1-on-windows-server-2008-r2 This video shows you how to run a PowerShell script that sets default settings for all the print queues on your Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 print server...

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...

Thanks to community co-writer Fred Smithers, the VPN Test Lab Extension: Using CMAK to Configure VPN Connections is now available This extension shows how you can quickly and easily use the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) in Windows Server 2008 R2 to create VPN connection profiles, which...

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 this blog post , I described how the networking writing team won six awards from the Puget Sound Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication (STC). At the awards showcase on Tuesday, January 18, the following levels were awarded: Core Network Guides for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Brit Weston...

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 following Windows Networking content won awards from the Puget Sound Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication (STC): Core Network Guides for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Brit Weston and James McIllece) Test Lab Guides topic in the TechNet Wiki (Joe Davies, Tom Shinder, and Scott Somohano...

The Cable Guy article for August 2010, titled " Templates and Accounting Improvements for Network Policy Server (NPS) in Windows Server 2008 R2 ,” is now available. This article describes the new templates feature and the enhancements to accounting in the NPS service in Windows Server 2008 R2....

The DirectAccess Deployment Guide has been updated with the following topics that describe how to move the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) gateway function of a default-configured DirectAccess server to another computer: · Checklist: Moving the IPsec Gateway to Another Server ·...

The two DirectAccess test lab guides (TLGs) to demonstrate DirectAccess and DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) have been updated to support the new Base Configuration test lab . The new structure and dependencies of these three documents can be best shown in the following figure. ...

The new Base Configuration test lab guide (TLG) provides instructions on how to configure the Base Configuration test lab, a simplified test lab network that emulates the Internet and a private intranet. Four server computers provide the networking, Active Directory, and Web infrastructure and a client...

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...

If you're deploying BranchCache using a BranchCache-capable file server, you might be interested in viewing the new video, "Installing a non-domain member BranchCache-enabled file server." You can find the video on TechNet Edge at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=195814 . Thanks - ...

DirectAccess Test Lab for Windows Server 2008 R2 is a new topic in the TechNet Wiki that summarizes and links to all of the resources on test lab guides for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2. There are links to all four test lab guides for DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP), which...

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...

The Netsh command line reference for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available for download as a Compiled HTML Module (CHM) Help file, in the Microsoft Download Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193003 . The Netsh command-line utility provides a way for you to...

The new Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Design and Deployment Guides are now available in the Windows Server Technical Library. The Routing and Remote Access Design Guide is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff687656(WS.10).aspx . It describes a set of deployment goals...

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...