Network Access Protection Troubleshooting Guide is live!

MS NAP Team — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:39:00 GMT

Hey citizens of New NAP City!

The Network Access Protection Troubleshooting Guide, authored by our very own technical writer and NAP Forum hero Greg Lindsay, is now live! This completes the product documentation set for NAP in Windows Server 2008.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd348515.aspx

The NAP Troubleshooting Guide provides provides task-oriented information to help you identify and resolve NAP-related problems quickly for the Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows XP with Service Pack 3 operating systems. This guide can assist you when performing root-cause analysis of incidents and problems with the components of a NAP infrastructure.

This guide contains the following sections:

· Introduction to Troubleshooting NAP

· A-Z List of Problem Topics for NAP

· Things to Check Before Troubleshooting NAP

· Quick Fixes for NAP

· Tools for Troubleshooting NAP

· Troubleshooting NAP Problems

You can provide feedback on individual pages of the NAP Troubleshooting Guide by clicking “Click to Rate and Give Feedback” just above the content pane.

A big thank you to Greg for his authoring efforts and to NAP product team reviewers.

Enjoy!

Joe Davies

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Packs for NAP

MS NAP Team — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:21:00 GMT

Hello NAP fans!

If you are using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, you can download and install the following management packs to help monitor your NAP infrastructure:

· Network Policy Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

· Windows 2008 DHCP Service Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

Network Policy Server Management Pack

Network Policy Server (NPS) in Windows Server 2008 performs health evaluation for NAP clients, whether it is installed a separate server and part of a RADIUS infrastructure or co-located on a NAP enforcement point, such as a Windows Server 2008-based DHCP server.

You can use the Network Policy Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to monitor the NPS service. Monitoring capabilities include the following:

· Management agent errors requiring administrative intervention

· Events indicating service outages

· Alerts indicating configuration issues and connected data source changes

· Verification that all dependant services are running

Windows 2008 DHCP Service Management Pack

A computer running Windows Server 2008 and the DHCP Server service can be configured as a NAP enforcement point for DHCP enforcement. You can use the Windows 2008 DHCP Service Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to monitor the DHCP Server service and monitor DHCP enforcement events.

Enjoy!

Joe Davies
Senior Program Manager

Network Access Protection (NAP) : operations

Network Access Protection Troubleshooting Guide is live!

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Packs for NAP