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
    2012-11-28T17:52:57+00:00

    I found other information related to this reply (author unknown for credit):

    Surface Windows RT DOES NOT support Cisco IPSec VPNs

     

    It doesn’t work for most Cisco VPN setups where the IT department has decided to use PSK authentication. Windows never natively supported the IPSec Identifier, or “Group Name” feature in Cisco VPNs, which would be the vast majority.

     

    Apple's OS-X  and iOS (Apple PC's and i-Devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. supports Cisco IPSec natively and has a field for Group Name, where Microsoft's VPN client does not have a field for Group Name thereby rendering it useless with Cisco IPSec VPNs. 

     

    On Windows RT, you cannot install the Cisco AnyConnect client. 

     

    • Sparroah 

    That was the point of this thread. We knew this, but the reason it doesn't support VPNs is because MS has not released the APIs to do so. If you look a few posts up you'll see a forum admin now saying they are working on the APIs which means Cisco, Juniper, and others can create VPN clients for Windows RT.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-28T17:48:46+00:00

    I found other information related to this reply (author unknown for credit):

    Surface Windows RT DOES NOT support Cisco IPSec VPNs

    It doesn’t work for most Cisco VPN setups where the IT department has decided to use PSK authentication. Windows never natively supported the IPSec Identifier, or “Group Name” feature in Cisco VPNs, which would be the vast majority.

    Apple's OS-X  and iOS (Apple PC's and i-Devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. supports Cisco IPSec natively and has a field for Group Name, where Microsoft's VPN client does not have a field for Group Name thereby rendering it useless with Cisco IPSec VPNs. 

    On Windows RT, you cannot install the Cisco AnyConnect client. 

    • Sparroah

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-28T15:11:31+00:00

    Hello everyone.

    We are aware that 3rd parties need specific API's to make VPN's and we are working on it.

    Thank you for contributing - great to know you've been reading, and will be addressing, the concerns. The Surface RT is a great piece of kit. I don't find the RT code or ARM, nor the app store, to be limiting.

    Adding VPN support for the big players will make this a complete offer and I look forward to using it as such.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-27T23:05:21+00:00

    Hello everyone.

    We are aware that 3rd parties need specific API's to make VPN's and we are working on it.

    Very good news ! Thank you :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-11-27T22:42:59+00:00

    Hello everyone.

    We are aware that 3rd parties need specific API's to make VPN's and we are working on it.

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