Reading Time: 10 minutes9 Introduction Like many home users, my broadband connection comes with a dynamically assigned public IP address. This means that my IP can change at any time sometimes without notice, which can be a problem when I want to access services hosted at home, like a self-hosted server or VPN. Instead of relying on a third-party Dynamic […]
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Reading Time: 23 minutes21 Introduction Setting up a Site-to-Site VPN is a powerful way to securely link two remote networks—such as a home lab and a cloud environment—so they behave as if they’re on the same local network. While there are several technologies available to achieve this, choosing the right one often comes down to your specific network constraints and goals. […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes3 This is part 5 of my Always On VPN series You can review the pervious posts if required: Introduction So we now have everything in place for Always On VPN. All we need to do now is to deploy the certificates and the VPN Profile to an Entra Joined device. There are 2 certificates needed […]
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Reading Time: 12 minutes7 This is part 4 of my Always On VPN series You can review the pervious posts if required: Introduction The infrastructure you have in its current state is great if you’re still running everything from a Domain Joined perspective. If you are, then why? I don’t mean to sound patronising , pushing, arrogant, or maybe […]
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Reading Time: 16 minutes9 This is part 3 of my Always On VPN series You can review the pervious posts if required: Introduction Now we have the certificates available the next step is to configure the certificates and then deploy and configure the servers. This part of the series will cover off configuring the certificates on the servers, installing […]
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Reading Time: 10 minutes6 This is part 2 of my Always On VPN series You can review the pervious posts if required: Introduction Certificates are at the heart of Always On VPN as this is what is used to authenticate the user. Group Policy needs to be updated when deploying the certificates to servers and users via Active Directory. […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes2 This is part 1 of my Always On VPN series You can review the pervious posts if required: Introduction Always on VPN is a technology thats been around for some time now almost 10 years or so. It replaced Direct Access that enabled Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 (oh and 8) Enterprise clients to connect […]
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Reading Time: 14 minutes9 Introduction There are many ways to establish a VPN between my UDM and Azure andI’ve tried them all, but, for the best result I would still recommend using an Azure Virtual Network Gateway. However, that does come with a price tag! Sure, there is the basic Virtual Network Gateway SKU that you can use which […]
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