Networking and Access Technologies

Are you using or researching Windows networking technologies? This page links to resources that will help you evaluate, deploy, maintain, and support your network.

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Last updated: October 14, 2009

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Selecting the Right Network Access Protection (NAP) Architecture
Address the decisions and activities most critical to the successful implementation of NAP infrastructure.

Network Access Protection
How to use Network Access Protection (NAP) to control access to network resources based on a client computer’s identity and compliance with corporate governance policy.

Virtual Private Networking: Overview and step-by-step guides
Learn how to leverage the worldwide connectivity of the Internet without sacrificing the privacy of a dial-up or dedicated site-to-site link.

How to set up IPv6
This step-by-step guide includes updates to the original guide due to security enhancements in the release of Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

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Small Business Server: Networking
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Network Access Protection
Discussion on Network Access Protection.

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Discussion on Windows Server 2008 networking technologies and solutions.

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Discussion on DHCP, DNS, NPS, and RRAS.

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