Our monthly User Group meeting will be held at the Lincoln Square Center in Bellevue, across from the Bellevue Square Mall at 6:00pm on Wednesday

September 1, 2010. The meeting will be held in Room 15104, (15th floor, room 104) at the Microsoft's offices in Lincoln Square Center.

Due to the security requirements, non-Microsoft employees must be escorted to the building by a Microsoft employee. We will have a sign on the 2nd floor elevator with instructions and/or contact phone number. Please feel free to contact Chris Avis of Microsoft on his cell at 425-647-3440 if you need assistance.

Our guest speaker will be Joe Davies, a Principal Writer for Windows Server at Microsoft. The topic of his presentation is Enhancements to VPN Technologies Since Windows Server 2003. Joe will present an overview of the new features for virtual private networks (VPNs) in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. For Windows Server 2008, learn about the Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) (which allows you to create VPN connections that operate across proxy servers and firewalls), IPv6 support, new cryptographic support, changes to authentication protocols, and certificate checking for L2TP/IPsec.

For Windows Server 2008 R2, learn about how VPN Reconnect uses IPsec tunnel-mode with Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) to maintain a VPN connection when there is a temporary loss in Internet connectivity.

Joe's bio is available here.

Agenda:

6:00pm-6:30pm: Welcome!

6:30pm-7:45pm: Enhancements to VPN Technologies Since Windows Server 2003

7:45pm-8:00pm: Wrap-up