I have windows 11 how do I use the built in VPN?

Actually, Windows doesn't offer a VPN service.

Windows does offer a VPN client, that you can use with a third-party VPN service if you wish. However, most VPN providers prefer that you use their own client software.

MSACPACA,

The Microsoft VPN software sounds perfect for you, since as the first couple paragraphs on that page I linked above mentions, it's completely automatic and does everything you need to be basically secure without any action required on your part.

Once it's been initially turned on in Edge, whenever you open the Edge browser in the future it will check whether the Wi-Fi connection you're using is secure (i.e. encrypted), and if not, it will automatically turn on the VPN software to protect it. If the connection changes to another that's already encrypted, that will cause Edge to disable the VPN just as automatically, so you won't be unnecessarily using the VPN when it's not required potentially adding overhead and thus delay to the communications.

However, as I stated in my earlier message, if you're trying to be completely anonymous on the internet so that no one at all can see your communications, that's an entirely different set of requirements and in fact means major changes to both the PC device in use as well as the VPN setup, which in all likelihood is far beyond either your own technical capabilities or need, so I highly doubt you'd ever need this.

If not and basic protection from the potentially spying eyes of your ISP or others watching what and where you choose to browse is all you're trying to protect, then the free Microsoft VPN is really all you'd need, which is exactly why they've added it to Edge for everyday users like you.

Rob

Yes, there's a limit, but it's 5GB/month and even though that's not a huge amount by today's standards, the fact that the Microsoft VPN is only used when a Wi-Fi connection or website isn't already encrypted means it should be used very little, so that should typically be more than enough.

Since nearly every major commercial website like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Target, Walmart, all government and financial and in fact nearly anything of any consequence uses https via an SSL certificate (look at the beginning of the address bar above) today, it's unlikely the VPN will really be in use very often. In fact, the most likely use would be when using Wi-Fi at an airport or other location, which unless you do that often or for long periods, is still unlikely to result in large amounts of data.

For full details, see the link I included in my first post, there are full descriptions as well as a FAQ and other sections in that document describing these limits and other details I may not have covered.

Rob

Thank you so much for your very clear explanation. Do I understand that there is a limit to which this functionality can be used?

Best regards