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Enhancements to VPN Reconnect in W7 RC
Hello Folks, By now all of you must have heard about the formal release of W7 RC. In case you don’t have it already here is the link from where you can download the RC bits http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx In RC the RAS team has Read More...
VPN tunnel strategy - defining the connection order between various tunnel types
Hello Customers, As I wrote in this blog, there are four types of VPN tunnel supported by Windows 7 based VPN clients. In this blog I will focus on following things: how do you configure tunnel types on the client, how to decide on the tunnel type order Read More...
Do we still need PPTP & L2TP/IPsec after Windows 7
Hi Folks, Our team member Samir Jain has posted a nice blog on how you should decide which tunnel to use/deploy for your scenario. The details for the same are given at which tunnel to use . In this blog, I would like to understand further on a possibility Read More...
Deploying VPN Reconnect: Step-by-step guide available at
Folks, The deployment guide for VPN Reconnect is now available at http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/9/0/890C2C54-EE49-4743-A5B0-1F3AD7C36721/Step-by-Step_Deploy_Remote_Access_with_VPN_Reconnect.doc The guide covers the various requirements for Read More...
Different VPN tunnel types in Windows - which one to use?
Hello Folks, I am sure you must have experienced VPN reconnect – a new IKEv2 based VPN tunnel that is added in Windows 7 that allows automatic and seamless switchover of an active VPN connection when the underlying Internet interface (connection) changes Read More...
Known issues in VPN reconnect mobility manager in Windows 7 beta release
Hi folks, Hope you all are in good health.I believe that you must be enjoying the new VPN reconnect feature in Windows 7 and more importantly the mobility experience it provides. Aren't you? I am writing this blog to list the known issues with mobility Read More...
VPN Reconnect: A New Tunnel for Mobility
VPN Reconnect: A New Tunnel for Mobility Has your file download or a Line of Business application (LOB) ever got interrupted just because your internet connection went down momentarily and you had to start it all over again ? You will never have to do Read More...
The Mobility Manager - managing mobility for VPN reconnect connections (IKEv2 based VPN connections)
Hi folks, It's again that exciting time of the year when the next version of Windows is going to make it to the markets. Win7 boasts of several cool features that promise to transform the lives of people and make computers more effective and easier to Read More...
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