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CHAPTER 4
Server infrastructure
The Network Policy Server (NPS) is used to create and enforce network access policies for
client health and the authentication and authorization of connection requests. NPS can
be configured as a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server or RADIUS
proxy to forward connection requests to other NPS or RADIUS servers. Windows Server
2012 includes a new NPS module for Windows PowerShell.
Objectives in this chapter:
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Objective 4.1: Configure Network Policy Server (NPS)
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Objective 4.2: Configure NPS policies
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Objective 4.3: Configure Network Access Protection (NAP)
NPS can be configured as a RADIUS server, as a RADIUS proxy, and as a Network Access
Protection (NAP) server. NPS can be configured as any combination of these three servers.
This objective covers how to configure RADIUS and RADIUS proxy, leaving the NAP
configuration for Objective 4.3.
This objective covers how to:
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Configure a RADIUS server, including RADIUS proxy
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Configure multiple RADIUS server infrastructures
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Configure RADIUS clients
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Manage RADIUS templates
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Configure RADIUS accounting
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Configure certificates
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Configure NPS templates