Prerequisites for VPN Profiles in Configuration Manager

 

Updated: May 14, 2015

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1

VPN profiles in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager have dependencies only within the product.

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Specific security permissions must be granted to manage VPN profiles

You must have the following security permissions to manage company resource access settings, such as certificate profiles, Wi-Fi profiles, and VPN profiles:

  • To view and manage alerts and reports for VPN profiles: Create, Delete, Modify, Modify Report, Read, and Run Report permissions for the Alerts object.

  • To create and manage certificate profiles: Author Policy, Modify Report, Read and Run Report permissions for the Certificate Profile object.

  • To manage Wi-Fi, certificate, and VPN profile deployments: Deploy Configuration Policies, Modify Client Status Alert, Read, and Read Resource permissions for the Collection object.

  • To manage all configuration policies: Create, Delete, Modify, Read and Set Security Scope permissions for the Configuration Policy object.

  • To run queries that are related to VPN profiles: Read permission for the Query object.

  • To view VPN profiles information in the Configuration Manager console: Read permission for the Site object.

  • To view status messages for VPN profiles: Read permission for the Status Messages object.

  • To create and modify the Trusted CA certificate profile: Author Policy, Modify Report, Read and Run Report permissions for the Trusted CA Certificate Profile object.

  • To create and manage VPN profiles: Author Policy, Modify Report, Read, and Run Report permissions for the VPN Profile object.

  • To create and manage Wi-Fi profiles: Author Policy, Modify Report, Read, and Run Report permissions for the Wi-Fi Profile object.

The Company Resource Access Manager security role includes these permissions that are required to manage VPN profiles in Configuration Manager. For more information, see the Configure Role-Based Administration section in the Configuring Security for Configuration Manager topic.