MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

Lab 18

Configuring Remote Connections

This lab contains the following exercises cand activities:

Exercise 18.1 / Configuring a VPN Connection
Exercise 18.2
Lab Challenge / Connecting to a VPN Server
Testing VPN Protocols
Exercise 18.1 / Configuring a VPN Connection
Overview / In this exercise, you will create a connection that enables the workstation to connect to your server using virtual private networking.
Mindset / VPNs use tunneling to create secure connections across a public network.
Completion time / 20 minutes

12. Take a screen shot of the Connect to a Workplace Wizard showing the page you just configured by pressing Alt+Prt Scr, and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 18 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

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Question 1 / How many connections are there in the Network Connections window?

15. Click the Security tab and then take a screen shot of the VPN Server Connection Properties sheet by pressing Alt+Prt Scr. Then paste the resulting image into the Lab 18 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

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Exercise 18.2 / Connecting to a VPN Server
Overview / In this exercise, you will use the connection you created earlier to connect to your SVR-DC-A server using virtual private networking.
Mindset / During the connection establishment process, the two computers involved in a VPN connection authenticate each other and select a VPN protocol.
Completion time / 10 minutes
Question 2 / Which VPN protocol is the connection using?
Question 3 / Which authentication protocol is the VPN connection using?

6. Take a screen shot of the VPN Server Connection Status dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 18 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

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Lab Challenge / Testing VPN Protocols
Overview / By default, the Windows 8 VPN client is configured to select a VPN type automatically. In this challenge, you configure the client to use each of its supported VPN types to then determine which ones are currently supported by your VPN server.
Mindset / Windows VPN clients and servers each supports a variety of connection protocols with different authentication requirements and levels of security.
Completion time / 10 minutes

To complete this challenge, open the Properties sheet for the VPN connection you created in Exercise 18.1, click the Security tab, and then select each of the four specific Type of VPN values in turn, attempting to connect to the server with each one. Record your results in Table 18-3 on your worksheet.

Table 18-3

Connection Results for VPN Protocols

Type of VPN / Result message
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPSec)
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
IKEv2