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You can use this topic to learn about the tools that you can use to manage your NPSs.
After you install NPS, you can administer NPSs:
Note
In Windows Server 2016, you can manage the local NPS by using the NPS console. To manage both remote and local NPSs, you must use the NPS MMC snap-in.
Note
The NPS Console and the NPS MMC snap-in have a 256 character limit for all settings that take a string value. That includes all settings that can be configured using regular expressions. To configure string values that exceed 256 charactes you can use the NETSH NPS commands. Configured string values exceeding 256 characters cannot be edited in the NPS Console or the NPS MMC snap-in without invalidating them.
The following sections provide instructions on how to manage your local and remote NPSs.
After you have installed NPS, you can use this procedure to manage the local NPS by using the NPS MMC.
Administrative Credentials
To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group.
In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Network Policy Server. The NPS console opens.
In the NPS console, click NPS (Local). In the details pane, choose either Standard Configuration or Advanced Configuration, and then do one of the following based upon your selection:
You can use this procedure to manage the local NPS and multiple remote NPSs by using the NPS MMC snap-in.
Before performing the procedure below, you must install NPS on the local computer and on remote computers.
Depending on network conditions and the number of NPSs you manage by using the NPS MMC snap-in, response of the MMC snap-in might be slow. In addition, NPS configuration traffic is sent over the network during a remote administration session by using the NPS snap-in. Ensure that your network is physically secure and that malicious users do not have access to this network traffic.
Administrative Credentials
To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group.
You can use this procedure to manage a remote NPS by using Remote Desktop Connection.
By using Remote Desktop Connection, you can remotely manage your NPS Servers. You can also remotely manage NPSs from any current Windows client OS.
You can use Remote Desktop connection to manage multiple NPSs by using one of two methods.
Administrative Credentials
To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the NPS.
You can use commands in the Netsh NPS context to show and set the configuration of the authentication, authorization, accounting, and auditing database used both by NPS and the Remote Access service. Use commands in the Netsh NPS context to:
You can run these commands from Command Prompt or from Windows PowerShell. You can also run netsh nps commands in scripts and batch files.
Administrative Credentials
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.
For more information about Netsh NPS commands, see Netsh Commands for Network Policy Server in Windows Server 2008. These commands are still present in the latest releases of Windows Server and Windows 11, so you can use netsh in these environments, although using Windows PowerShell is recommended.
You can use Windows PowerShell commands to manage NPSs. For more information, see the following Windows PowerShell command reference topics.
For more information about NPS administration, see Manage Network Policy Server (NPS).
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