How to Configure a VPN Connection in Windows 8.1
A VPN is one common method of extending a private network across the Internet and gain access to network resources from a remote location in a secure manner. A virtual private network (VPN) is a private network that uses public telecommunications infrastructure, usually the Internet, to connect to a private network, such as a company's internal network infrastructure. A VPN remains private by using a secure tunneling protocol and other security mechanisms including encryption. This ensures that only authorized users can access the private network and that the data cannot be intercepted by anyone else.
A virtual private network makes it possible to have the same privacy and protection when sharing network resources across WANs. Many companies often use VPNs to communicate across multiple locations for both extranets …show more content…
Choosing the Remember Credentials option creates a new Discovery Profile, which the client can use to connect to the VPN after the first successful login. The login credentials will not be asked again for any future connection attempts.
Choose Save on the next step to create and add the VPN connection.
This is just one way of creating a VPN, here are all the ways a VPN profile may be created:
PC Settings: Create a VPN profile using the ‘Add a VPN connection’ option
Desktop VPN create wizard: Use the “Setup a new connection or network” option under “Networking and Sharing Center” and follow all the steps in the setup wizard.
PowerShell: Users can create a VPN profile using the ‘Add-VpnConnection’ PowerShell cmdlet
InTune: Use InTune, the Unified Device Management solution by Microsoft to create the VPN profile. This app provides mobile device and application management, in addition to PC management capabilities from the
A VPN is one common method of extending a private network across the Internet and gain access to network resources from a remote location in a secure manner. A virtual private network (VPN) is a private network that uses public telecommunications infrastructure, usually the Internet, to connect to a private network, such as a company's internal network infrastructure. A VPN remains private by using a secure tunneling protocol and other security mechanisms including encryption. This ensures that only authorized users can access the private network and that the data cannot be intercepted by anyone else.
A virtual private network makes it possible to have the same privacy and protection when sharing network resources across WANs. Many companies often use VPNs to communicate across multiple locations for both extranets …show more content…
Choosing the Remember Credentials option creates a new Discovery Profile, which the client can use to connect to the VPN after the first successful login. The login credentials will not be asked again for any future connection attempts.
Choose Save on the next step to create and add the VPN connection.
This is just one way of creating a VPN, here are all the ways a VPN profile may be created:
PC Settings: Create a VPN profile using the ‘Add a VPN connection’ option
Desktop VPN create wizard: Use the “Setup a new connection or network” option under “Networking and Sharing Center” and follow all the steps in the setup wizard.
PowerShell: Users can create a VPN profile using the ‘Add-VpnConnection’ PowerShell cmdlet
InTune: Use InTune, the Unified Device Management solution by Microsoft to create the VPN profile. This app provides mobile device and application management, in addition to PC management capabilities from the