VPN Client Support

Anonymous
2012-10-30T23:35:39+00:00

The info page for the new Samsung RT tablet - the ATIV tab - says:

Enterprise Solutions (upon request): Exchange ActiveSync, On-Device Encryption, Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network), Juniper Junos Pulse VPN, EAS

But the Junos Pulse client is not in the Windows Store - so either Samsung has some exclusive deal with Juniper, or this is a "coming soon" feature.

I'd like an answer. As much as I love the Surface hardware, if I cannot get the last piece of the puzzle I need for work, the Pulse client, and it is available on another vendor's tablet, I'll need to think about switching.

I would really like an answer from Microsoft on this one.

And to re-confirm - the ATIV is a Windows 8 RT tablet, NOT a Windows 8 Pro tablet.

Surface | Other

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

189 answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-14T15:54:46+00:00

    I contacted my Juniper Rep last week about this and got this reply back Friday evening.

    I did hear from my engineering team:

    Microsoft has not written the needed APIs for the RT platform. We have Pulse support for the full Win8 platform today, but waiting on Microsoft....No known timeframe for this support as it depends upon Microsoft.  Ultimately it will be supported.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-12T15:53:25+00:00

    One of the support guys at work contacted Juniper yesterday, and a client is on it's way. There's no date yet, but they are working on it. I'm waiting for this eagerly as it means I can then do most of my work on the Surface RT and not need to carry a laptop. I'm also waiting for Good Technologies to release their app for quick access to my company email, also supposedly "coming soon".

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-11T17:17:14+00:00

    I suggest that everyone that is subscribed to this thread post a complaint to twitter and copy in @surface and also use the hashtag #surface. We might need to get a little more aggressive and publicly vocal.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-11T14:46:25+00:00

    I am afraid that surface Rt is another kin one and kin two , Ms please fix vpn.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2013-01-11T12:56:41+00:00

    This is yet another thread being ignored by MS. They tell us to come here to communicate with them but they only pick and choose what they want to respond to.

    I had a Surface and work in a place where we could have gotten a lot of them in here if there was a Juniper client available. Since there isn't one, we have a ton of iPads and without soultion on the horizon, MS is just losing out on a big opportunity.

    Windows 8 RT could be a hit if they would pay attention to the needs of the consumers.

    My Surface went back. While it is vastly superior when it comes to getting work done, it's not able to get to the work that I need to do in the way that I want to do it.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments