VPN clients and network location (firewall profiles)
Split and full tunnel VPNs, DNS over VPN, and why a domain PC sometimes decides it's on a 'public' network.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 40 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Diagnose 'can reach by IP but not by name' over VPN
- Explain firewall profiles and network location awareness
- Fix a domain PC stuck on the Public profile at the office
Course outline
- 1.VPN clients and network location (firewall profiles)Video · 5 min
- 2.VPN, DNS and firewall profilesLesson · 14 min
- 3.Routes, interface metrics and which DNS server answersLesson · 14 min
- 4.Network location awareness and firewall profilesLesson · 12 min
- 5.VPN clients and network location (firewall profiles): knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.VPN connected, but no file sharesScenario
- 7.Final exam5 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Microsoft Learn: Windows Firewall with Advanced Security: profiles
- Microsoft Learn: Network Location Awareness
- Microsoft Learn: Always On VPN overview
- Microsoft Learn: Test-NetConnection
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