Deployment Steps

This section contains the steps or resources for the steps to deploy the following components of a Windows-based network access authentication infrastructure:

  • Active Directory

  • PKI

  • Group Policy

  • RADIUS

Deploying Active Directory

It is beyond the scope of this book to instruct you on the specific steps to deploy Active Directory for an organization of arbitrary size. For additional information, see the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Resource Kit in the Windows Server 2008 Resource Kit, Windows Server 2008 Help and Support, or the resources at http://www.microsoft.com/ad.

The elements of configuring Active Directory to best support a Windows-based authentication infrastructure for network access are as follows:

  • Ensure that all users ...

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