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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-04T16:14:36+00:00

    Hopefully MS addresses this soon.  For a tablet that's targeted more for productivity, the lack of vpn functionality is just a major let down.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-03T12:04:17+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-03T01:30:08+00:00

    Some more information:

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013460/the-one-fatal-flaw-of-windows-rt.html

    Sadly this doesn't address your Junos VPN but provides more information for Cisco connectivity. I am glad the author is trying to follow-up with both Cisco AND Microsoft.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-02T13:25:08+00:00

    No dice on the Junos connection. 

    I wouldn't be bothered by this honestly but the fact that there is a competitor to MS's hardware, but still using MS's operating system, claiming they have Junos Pulse support, when the MS product doesn't, is confusing, and would drive more Enterprise-interested users away from the Surface hardware and into the waiting arms of Samsung (and I don't much care for their hardware. I find it cheaply built).

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-11-02T02:26:05+00:00

    This seems to be the strongest lead at the moment. That kurtsh guy has a long conversation on twitter about the ability to connect to Cisco vpn out of the box. Anyone try the details from his post?  I am interested in Junos.

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