June 2006 - Posts

Three step-by-step guides for configuring NAP enforcement are now available
28 June 06 05:14 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

Network Access Protection has quite a few moving parts and setting it up the first time can be a little daunting. To help everyone give it a try and make that first attempt as smooth as possible there are three step-by-step guides that can help. These Read More...

What OS’es should NAP support?
20 June 06 01:24 PM | MS NAP Team | 36 Comments   

We visit many customers and partners around the world. One thing we hear consistently is “NAP client enforcement MUST BE SUPPORTED on XP”. Which OS’es would block / hinder your NAP deployments if they weren’t supported? Any nice-to-have’s (non-blocking)? Read More...

Filed under: Downlevel OS Support, Linux

Is there a difference between NAP on VISTA versus XP?
17 June 06 04:05 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

The Network Access Protection Client for Windows XP is the same “platform” as the one shipping in Windows VISTA. However, some of the ways it differentiates itself from XP are: It is built-in to the product (out-of-the-box) An administration console is Read More...

Filed under: Downlevel OS Support

NAP API reference material updated on MSDN
15 June 06 01:16 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

The NAP API documentation has been updated on MSDN. Here’s a list of changes for the beta 2 docs: There are two new topics describing the NAP constants, entitled INapEnforcementClientConnection Constants and NAP Type Constants . The description of the Read More...

Filed under: MSDN

Secure Wireless Access NOW!
08 June 06 08:03 AM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

A couple weeks ago I wrote and told you about how 802.1x based Network Access Protection (NAP) works. This week I wanted to follow-up and tell you about Secure Wireless based on the same technologies that make NAP work. What does secure wireless mean? Read More...

Filed under: 802.1X