Windows Server 2008 R2 aims to obsolete VPNs
InformationWeek | at | by Mike
Remote access of corporate networks can be a pain for employees and IT managers.
Employees have to remember their smart cards or type user names and passwords every time they want to log on, and IT pros have to deal with a variety of VPN clients, concentrators, and routers. A new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, DirectAccess, does away with most of that pain, though it requires companies to invest in a number of new technologies.
When an employee or IT pro setting up Windows 7 first logs in to the network with Windows Server 2008 R2 on the back end, DirectAccess saves the user name and password.