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Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS) [1] is a component of Windows Server 2008. It replaces the Internet Authentication Service (IAS) from Windows Server 2003 . NPAS helps you safeguard the health and security of a network.
Network Access Protection (NAP) is a Microsoft technology for controlling network access of a computer, based on its health. It was first included in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and backported to Windows XP Service Pack 3. With NAP, system administrators of an organization can define policies for system health requirements. [1]
Windows Server 2008, ... Policy-based networking with Network Access Protection, improved branch management and enhanced end user collaboration.
In Windows Server 2008, Network Policy Server (NPS) replaces the Internet Authentication Service (IAS). NPS performs all of the functions of IAS in Windows Server 2003 for VPN and 802.1X-based wireless and wired connections and performs health evaluation and the granting of either unlimited or limited access for Network Access Protection clients.
Windows Server 2008 R2, codenamed "Windows Server 7", is the ninth major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, [ 10 ] and became generally available on October 22, 2009, the same respective release dates of Windows 7 ...
A conforming client is given a Health Certificate, which it then uses to access protected resources on the network. A Network Policy Server, running Windows Server 2008 acts as health policy server and clients need to use Windows XP SP3 or later. A VPN server, RADIUS server or DHCP server can also act as the health policy server.
Once the updates are installed, the computer is granted access to the network. However, Windows Vista can only be a NAP client, i.e., a client computer which connects to a NAP enabled network. Health policy and verification servers have to be running Windows Server 2008.
Windows Server 2008 is a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, released in February 2008. Pages in category "Windows Server 2008" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.