Using pfSense to VPN to Windows Azure
I've been trying to connect Windows Azure to my main network using pfSense, which is a lightweight open source router, with limited success.I've configured it as follows:Phase 1Interface WANRemote...
View ArticleUnable to join secondary domain controller to PDC hosted on Azure VM
We have a cross site VPN to Azure. I have set up a VM in Azure to be a domain controller & DNS. I then added this machine as a DNS in my Azure Network.Afterwards I joined a local machine to the new...
View ArticleRevocation of Point to Site VPN User's Certificate/ Security of P2S VPNs
I was able to successfully create and connect to a Windows Azure VPN. However, it appears that there are no ACLs on the VPN and all security is controlled via certificates. How do we handle the...
View Article[MSFT] Azure P2S (Point-to-Site) VPN issue
(Posting on the forum to alert the issue and impact)An issue on Azure P2S (Point-to-Site) VPN was found last week that could prevent customers from using Azure P2S VPNs.Note that P2S is a CTP feature...
View ArticleVPN with ASA 5510, phonefactor and Windows 2008 R2 Radius server
Hi folks,A Cisco ASA ( v 8.2(5) ), using a Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 server as a Radius server and we're connecting with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client ( v 3.1.00495 ) via VPN. From the Radius...
View ArticleUnable to connect to VPN
We had been happy users of the Azure VPN for months, until today. It is hanging on verifying password for client certificate. It basically times out. Happening on all of our developer boxes....
View ArticleAzure availability set
hi,i'm trying to set a backup server for our production server.the services is exposed on port 80, on both servers.i mad an availablity set between the servers but when the main server is down i can't...
View Articlemakecert.exe Error: WriteFile failed =>0x7b (123) Failed
HY!I have a question for you. When I run cmd as administrator and typed a command as "makecert -sky exchange -r -n "CN=<testCertname>" -pe -a sha1 -len 2048 -ss My "<testCertname>"the...
View ArticleVirtual Network -Public IP
We are migrating an application to azure , this application talks to the on premise WCF /DB- We are considering to use Virtual network to have the connectivity. The on premise WCF is also talking to...
View ArticlePeriodic black hole router syndrome - large packets dropped by Azure when...
Hi,I have a virtual network on Azure with a site-2-site VPN tunnel to on premise. On premise VPN device is a Windows 2012 Server. This setup mostly works, but from time to time I get black hole router...
View ArticlePrivate network
HiI need to create my private local lan to create domain controller and machines connected to it, like in normal environment, what are the steps, can anybody help?Thanks
View ArticleCan this solution be done?
I have a customer with 2 offices one in USA and the other in the Philippine.We want to set up VM with the DFS server role on Azure for each office and replicate between them. Can this be done?We need...
View ArticlePermanent Point-to-Site VPN to Azure for all VMs on my Hyper-V server
I'm working from an office where I don't have control over the network and I cannot set up a site-to-site VPN that normally would be set up from Cisco box or similar.I followed the steps for a...
View Articlecan I change Point-to-point connection encryption
Can I change the point-to-point encryption from AES to DES?The problem is that I have ASA router with old firmware and the AES256 encryption does not work correctly.
View ArticleAuthenticate users on local machine using windows azure AD or controller...
The requirement is simpleWe want to create user login for each of our users. All users will get authenticated only through Azure. We do not have any local ADs as of now.We have systems ranging from XP...
View ArticleVPN and Virtual networks
I am ready to give up on Azure.....I have a 2012 VM created in that is the same region as my virtual network I only have one connection on the VM when I go into network connections it is pulling a...
View ArticlePacket Loss in East-Asia network
I am observing packet loss between two virtual machines in East-Asia nwtwork.Both are running WS2008R2,built in the same cloud service.Simple "ping -n 500" gives me packet loss of a few percent when my...
View ArticleHow to Get the IP of My Windows Azure VM
Hi,I am new to Azure Platform and need help to work on my Azure VM. With my windows Live Id, I have created Azure account and Virtual Machine also created.Now to access this VM from my Company Network...
View ArticleError Code 2147014836 Point to Site VPN
I receive the following errors when attempting to establish a VPN connection.VPN Client gui:A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or...
View ArticleAzure Point-to-Site VPN - wanting multiple root certificates
I have a question on configuring a point-to-site VPN in Azure. I had previously setup a point-to-site VPN with one root certificate, created the client cert and downloaded the installer – that all...
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