Windows Server2008 RC0 and Vista SP1 beta is released - try out RRAS

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Hi All,

Windows Server 2008 RC0 and Vista SP1 beta has been released to our select TAP and techbeta customers (connecting via https://connect.microsoft.com/)

This is fantastic news for Microsoft remote access customers who wants to try out all the features in Windows server 2008 RRAS - like VPN NAP support that enables remote access client health-check before giving corpnet access, a full IPv6 support for remote access users (i.e. two scenarios - IPv6 over VPN tunnel, VPN tunnel over IPv6 Internet) and SSTP (a new VPN tunnel over SSL to provide firewall/NAT traversal to VPN connectivity).

To see RRAS step-by-step guides for VPN NAP and SSTP, please visit https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb545655.aspx

Here is the download information for WS08 RC0 - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb687945.aspx and Vista SP1 beta download information at https://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/09/24/sp1-beta-release-available-today.aspx

We would love to hear your feedback on RRAS

With Regards,

Samir Jain
Lead Program Manager (samirj@online.microsoft.com **)
RRAS, Windows Enterprise Networking

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