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NPS/NAP Logging - BSU.EDU style!
08 July 08 07:41 AM | JeffSigman | 3 Comments   

Hey NAP fans, I’m Alex Chalmers from Ball State University with a guest post about NPS logging. If you made it to one of Jeff’s TechEd IT Pro presentations , you’ll remember me discussing our NAP implementation and some of the challenges that we’ve faced Read More...

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NAP 802.1X Configuration Walkthrough – Part 2
20 June 08 09:59 AM | JeffSigman | 5 Comments   

NAP 802.1X Configuration Walkthrough – Part 2 This is a continuation from Part 1 . Step 2 – Windows Server 2008 NPS, the heart of NAP I am going to take a slightly different approach than the 802.1X step-by-step guide . Feel free to follow either method, Read More...

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NAP 802.1X Configuration Walkthrough – Part 1
19 June 08 10:08 AM | JeffSigman | 7 Comments   

I just got back from TechEd 2008 North America (Orlando) where I presented two “breakout” sessions on NAP . It went off with a bang and most people really loved the sessions / demos. I have blogged a couple times in the past that I would document exactly Read More...

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NAP FAQ: Enforcing Security Updates (out-of-the-box)
24 April 08 03:54 PM | MS NAP Team | 3 Comments   

Hey! My name is Mike Burk. I am a Program Manager on the Windows Security team. My team is responsible for the out-of-the-box NAP experience in Windows XP SP3, Vista and Server 2008. It is called the Windows Security Health Agent (client-side) and Validator Read More...

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Debugging NAP Errors (part 1)
19 February 08 10:15 PM | MS NAP Team | 2 Comments   

I’ve heard from a lot of folks who set up NAP in a lab who would love to have more information on all the great data that Network Policy Server (NPS) writes into the audit log. If you haven’t checked out our auditing, go to Server Manager and click on the main node for our role (Network Policy and Access Services). You will see all related NAP server events at the top of the right hand pane. This will be part 1 in a series of “Debugging NAP” posts. I decided to kick it off by examining the messages / errors which come from our Windows Security Center NAP integration piece (included in XP SP3, Vista and Server 2008). It is called the Windows System Health Agent on the client (or WSHA) and the Windows System Health Validator on the server (or WSHV). ... Read More...

Filed under: FAQ, NPS, Troubleshooting

Network Access Protection (NAP) Deployment Planning
28 July 07 01:38 PM | MS NAP Team | 2 Comments   

The following blog post has been extracted from the "Network Access Protection Deployment Planning Guide", by Susie Bernard (March 2007). Introduction Whether your organization is small, medium, or large, deploying an enterprise software solution like Read More...

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