![]() pfx file that we hand over to the user, which that user uses to authenticate. The first one is to add the root certificate to the. Since these devices do not have the CA IT-WorXX root certificate, we have two options for that user. We want our users to have the smoothest experience possible when installing the VPN Client software on a non-domain-joined device. Ofcourse at this stage this was all just theory, but we’ll show the results later on. The file needs to end with a CRLF or it won’t work. See the empty line after the last route entry? Don’t forget to leave that there. Using this very same technique it’s a piece of cake to add a route to my on-premises subnet here. No need to know the IP it’s going to get when we connect, since “default” will be replaced when connected. That route tells us that any packets destined for 172.16.0.0/16 are routed to the Azure VPN Connection when it is connected. That’s the entire address range of my ITWORXX.azure Virtual Network. Now open the routes.txt file using your favorite text editor: ico files with new icon files for IT-WorXX and we replaced the. So now that we have had a look at all the files in the package, let’s start modifying some of them. inf file is the installation file that tells Windows where to put what and what to do with it. cer file is the certificate for the Azure VPN Gateway communications. Instead we chose to manually do all the modifications we need. We tried using that but weren’t able to do anything useful with the files we have extracted. This whole package looks like it was built using RAS CMAK, which you can install by adding it using the Add Windows Features option on your Windows desktop. If you have ever created a Connection Profile using the CMAK (Connection Manager Administration Kit), these files should look familiar. cms files and the VPN profile is complete. pbk file is a “phonebook” file, basically this holds the VPN profile entry settings.Ĭombine this with the. The dll comes in a 32bit and 64bit version. This file is the only thing responsible for having two packages. The cmroute.dll is a dll that is used by the client software to add the routes to the route table that are defined in the routes.txt file. We can simply replace the icon files with our own (16×16 pixels and 32×32 pixels respectively) and replace the bitmap file with an image we prefer. bmp file are everything we need to reach our “nice to have” goal: branding the VPN adapter. Let’s examine the contents of the 圆4 folder: ![]() Whichever method you choose, result should be two folders to which the. If you prefer the command line options from the. I use WinRar, but 7-zip works just as well. This should net you 2 relatively small executable files, which are in fact self-extracting executables, meaning you can extract them with your favorite extractor tool. So, whichever portal you prefer, download both VPN Client packages. On the right side I’ve marked the download links for the VPN Client software. If you look at the bread crumbs on top of the page, I clicked Browse in the menu, then Virtual Networks (Classic), then my Virtual Network (ITWORXX.azure) and then I clicked the VPN connections widget. Oh, and since the new portal is now Generally Available, here’s where to find the packages in the new portal ( ): They can be found on the Networks menu, drilling down into you Virtual Network, on the Dashboard tab: Your situation might be different from mine.įirst of all, log on to the management portal and download the 32bit and 64bit VPN Client packages. These steps achieve what I needed to achieve. There might be better or more effective ways to reach the same goals. I’m in no way an Azure expert, so don’t just take my word for everything you read here. ![]() The steps shown here are the steps I took to reach certain goals. ![]() Let’s see how many, if any, of these goals can be accomplished.Īlmost forgot the disclaimer again. Nice to have: We want to custom brand the startup screen and icons for the VPN Client software.We want the Root Certificate to be deployed when the VPN client software is installed.We need my on-premises subnet to be routed through the VPN adapter.To summarize the shortcomings we found in the VPN Client package provided by Azure: The information and methods provided in this post are the results of an evening of tinkering and brainstorming with colleague Michael Verbeek (congrats on your official Azure certification!). As I mentioned in the previous post, the Client VPN software that is generated for you to be able to connect your client to the P2S (Point-to-Site) Azure VPN solution, has a few shortcomings, at least for my situation. ![]()
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