Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Outlining NAP Components
There are four primary functions of NAP, almost all of which are included within Windows Server 2012 natively:
• Health policy compliance—The ability to correct issues and return a system to compliance is central to a NAP platform. Therefore, compliance mechanisms, such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) servers, System Center Configuration Manager 2012, and other remediation services fill the health policy compliance space of a NAP platform. Windows Server 2012 can automatically refer clients to a remediation server before granting full network access. For example, a client that is out-of-date with patches can be referred to a WSUS server to have their patches installed.
• Health state validation—Through agents ...
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