Remote Access
Giving employees the ability to remotely access corporate resources used to be a big benefit to most companies, but not necessarily a requirement. That mindset has changed significantly over the past year, where many of us are now forced to work from home because our governments have put orders in place preventing us from going into the office due to COVID-19. Most companies and employees now expect to get their work done from wherever they happen to be. Cell phones are a big part of this equation but are limited by the scope of what can be done with small screens and restricted operating systems. To grant remote workers the ability to do their jobs from home, coffee shops, or hotels, we have traditionally used Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
Most VPNs in today's businesses are provided by products from companies other than Microsoft. The Remote Access role in Windows Server 2019 is here to change that. With many improvements having been made to the VPN components...