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Hi, everyone.

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My name is Richard Hicks, and welcome to my course,

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Implementing Microsoft Windows Always On VPN.

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I'm the founder and principal consultant at Richard M.

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Hicks Consulting.

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Always On VPN is the successor to Microsoft's popular

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DirectAccess enterprise mobility platform.

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While Always On VPN provides much of the same functionality as

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DirectAccess, it is implemented and managed much differently.

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In this course, we're going to cover the planning and design

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aspects of a typical Always On VPN deployment,

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deploy VPN infrastructure to support Always On VPN client

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connections, and optimize the configuration to align with

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implementation and security best practices.

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You'll also learn to deploy and manage the Always On VPN client

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configuration using Microsoft Endpoint Manager and eliminate single points

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of failure by adding redundancy to the infrastructure.

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By the end of this course, you'll have a solid understanding of

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Always On VPN's infrastructure requirements,

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deployment options, and configuration management alternatives.

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Before beginning this course,

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you should be familiar with basic Active Directory administrative

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concepts and have a good understanding of IP networking. Working

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knowledge of Active Directory Certificate Services and digital

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certificates will also be helpful. I hope you'll join me on this journey

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to learn Always On VPN with the Implementing Microsoft Windows Always On VPN course, here at Pluralsight.