June 2007 - Posts

NAP E-Learning Clinic: Introducing Security and Policy Management in Windows Server 2008
29 June 07 02:13 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

Following-up from Greg’s post earlier this week on our new virtual lab for NAP , I wanted to make sure you see this E-Learning Clinic Amith Krishnan put together . This takes the topic of NAP at a higher level than the nitty-gritty details of the virtual Read More...

Filed under: Training

The heart of NAP now has its own site...
29 June 07 01:58 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

Network Policy Server (NPS) in Windows Server 2008 (formally known as Internet Authentication Server - IAS) has a new home on the web: http://www.microsoft.com/nps -or- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/nps/default.mspx Party on and NAP the WORLD! Read More...

Filed under: NPS

NAP Web Cast: Real world customer deployment of NAP – Louisiana State University
27 June 07 02:58 PM | MS NAP Team | 4 Comments   

If you’ve been reading this blog, you already know about all the great NAP developments over the past couple of years. However, unless you were at TechEd, you may not have heard about a real world customer’s experience deploying NAP. Luckily for you, Read More...

Filed under: Deployments, Webcasts

NAP Virtual Lab now available on Microsoft.com
27 June 07 01:11 PM | MS NAP Team | 2 Comments   

Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce that we’ve added a NAP Virtual Lab to the NAP Events and Webcasts . This is an IPsec enforcement lab using a Windows Server 2003 DC, Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 Network Policy Server (NPS), and two Vista clients. Please Read More...

Filed under: IPsec, Training

N+I Vegas re-cap (link)
21 June 07 09:02 AM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

A peer of mine on the NAP team, Ryan Hurst, made a great post on his personal blog about NAP at the Interop conference earlier this year in Las Vegas. It was a great show for NAP and is worth a read. NAP the WORLD in 2007, Jeff Sigman NAP Release Manager Read More...

NAP demystified (hopefully)
21 June 07 08:34 AM | MS NAP Team | 7 Comments   

As I learned at Tech Ed 2007, Microsoft NAP still has two large misconceptions out in the world: 1. NAP is solely based on DHCP technology - 100% FALSE 2. Deploying NAP requires a complete "rip and replace" of your existing AD/Server infrastructure - Read More...

Filed under: Downlevel OS Support, IPsec, 802.1X, VPN, DHCP

NAP @ TechEd 2007 (Orlando)
02 June 07 01:51 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

I am down here in Orlando all week for TechEd 2007 . If you are attending the show and want to talk NAP, come and see me. The NAP station is in the "Yellow Section" of the show floor, in the "Security" area of Windows Server 2008. It is very near Forefront Read More...

Bill Gates and the NAP Demo at WinHEC 2007 (Los Angeles)
02 June 07 01:32 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

In case you didn't make it down to WinHEC this year, I wanted to make sure you got to see Bill Gates introduce the official name for Longhorn (Windows Server 2008) and show off NAP! Woo-hoo! Check it out: Offline Webcast Fast-forward to the 48:00 minute Read More...

Filed under: 802.1X