Windows Server® 2008 Administrator’s Companion

Chapter 26. Implementing Remote Access Strategies: SSTP, VPN, and Wireless

• Introduction

• Secure Sockets Tunnelling Protocol

• Using NPS in Windows Server 2008

• Wireless Deployment

• Summary

In the old days, remote access meant dialing up to a bank of modems and connecting to your network that way, but in the modern world, remote access has come to mean many different things—Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Secure Sockets Tunnelling Protocol (SSTP), and wireless connectivity.

Introduction

It’s the rare business that does not have a need for remote computing. More and more firms have mobile workers and have to plan for their remote needs. Whether your needs are wireless deployment on the shop floor or ensuring that remote workers can log on from a hotel or remote ...