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Jason Stangroome
Asked: 2010-01-11 14:52:22 +0800 CST

Remote administer Network Policy Server

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In our domain I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine "GWY" with the Network Policy and Access Services role installed. From this machine I can open the Network Policy Server management console to administer this role.

However, I have another Server 2008 R2 machine "WKS" in the domain where we have all the management consoles installed so we can manage all the servers from one location. I cannot find how to access the Network Policy Server console on this machine though.

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2 Answers

  1. The Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Server 2008 R2 do not include the MMC snap-in for managing the Network Policy Server; the snap-in is installed only on servers where the NPS role is actually enabled.

    From a server which has the NPS role enabled, you can run mmc.exe, add the NPS snap-in to it and have it connect to a remote server; but you can't do the same from a computer which has only the RSAT package but not the NPS role.

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  2. After you install NPS, you can administer NPS servers:

    • Locally, by using the NPS Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, the static NPS console in Administrative Tools, or the network shell (Netsh) commands for NPS.
    • From a remote NPS server, by using the NPS MMC snap-in, the Netsh commands for NPS, or Remote Desktop Connection.
    • From a remote workstation, by using Remote Desktop Connection.
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