Controlling VPN Access with RADIUS

Introduction

Welcome to the Controlling VPN Access with RADIUS Practice Lab. In this module, you will be provided with the instruction and computer hardware to develop your hands-on skills in the defined topics.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, you will complete the following exercises:

• Exercise 1 - Install Network Policy Server - Microsoft RADIUS
• Exercise 2 - Configure VPN Ports
• Exercise 3 - Viewing the NPS Logs

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Install Network Policy Server - Microsoft RADIUS
• Configure VPN Ports
• Viewing the NPS Logs
• Grant VPN Dial-in Permissions
• Create VPN Client Connection

Exam Objectives

N10-007 3.4: Given a scenario, use remote access methods (VPN, Client-to-site)

Lab Duration

It will take approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes to complete this lab.

Exercise 1 - Install Network Policy Server - Microsoft RADIUS

In this exercise, you will install and configure RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service), which is implemented within Windows Server 2016 as Network Policy Server (NPS).

NPS provides a centralized infrastructure for the following: authentication of dial-in VPN users, authorization for access to network resources and counts the number of minutes a dial-in user spends in a remote session.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Install Network Policy Server - Microsoft RADIUS

Exercise 2 - Configure VPN Ports

In this exercise, you will configure VPN ports for dial-in access to VPN users using NPS console.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Configure VPN Ports
• Grant VPN Dial-in Permissions
• Create VPN Client Connection

Exercise 3 - Viewing the NPS Logs

In this exercise, you will view the network policy logs and interpret them.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Examine and view the NPS Logs