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- Windows Server 2012 Tutorial
- Windows Server 2012 - Home
- Overview
- Installation
- Server Roles
- PowerShell
- Remote Management
- Windows Firewall
- Remote Desktop Management
- Resource Monitor
- Active Directory
- DC Accounts
- File System
- Group Managed Service Accounts
- Group Policy Overview
- DHCP Role
- DNS Role
- Primary Zones
- Manage Records
- IIS Overview
- IIS Security
- Hyper-V
- Advanced Configuration
- Configure WSUS Role
- WSUS Policies & Tuning
- Sharing of Files
- File Manager
- Print Server
- Easy Printing
- Configure Print Drivers
- Network Services
- Backup Management
- Windows Server 2012 Resources
- Quick Guide
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- Discussion
Windows Server 2012 - Network Services
Windows has many network services too and you might already be knowing that it can become a router or a VPN Server too. Let us see how to use the Windows server 2012 as a router by installing the Remote Access role to it.
PS − Server should have 2 network cards – One inside the LAN and the other facing the internet.
To add the Remote Access role, we should follow the steps given below.
Step 1 − Go to, Server Manager → Manage → Add Roles and Features → Next → Check Role-based or feature-based installation → Check Select a server from the server pool → Next.
Once all of it is done, then at the list of the roles find Remote Access and check it → A pop-up window will open.
![Remote Access](/windows_server_2012/images/remote_access.jpg)
Step 2 − Click “Add Features” → Next.
![Remote Access Features](/windows_server_2012/images/remote_access_features.jpg)
Step 3 − Click Next.
![Remote Access Combines](/windows_server_2012/images/remote_access_combines.jpg)
Step 4 − Check on the DirectAccess and VPN(RAS) and Routing check boxes.
![RAS](/windows_server_2012/images/ras.jpg)
Step 5 − Click Install and wait for it to be installed completely.
![Installed Completely](/windows_server_2012/images/installed_completely.jpg)
After the installation is done, let us now see the setup of the router. For this, we need to follow the steps given below.
Step 1 − Go to, Server Manager → Tools → Routing and Remote Access.
![Routing](/windows_server_2012/images/routing.jpg)
Step 2 − Right click → and then again click on Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access as shown in the following screenshot.
![Enable Routing](/windows_server_2012/images/enable_routing.jpg)
Step 3 − Select the Network address translation (NAT) option → Next.
![NAT](/windows_server_2012/images/nat.jpg)
Step 4 − Now choose your Ethernet card that will be facing your internet site as shown in the following image and then → Next.
![Ethernet Card](/windows_server_2012/images/ethernet_card.jpg)
Step 5 − Choose I will set up name and address services later as we have already set up the DHCP and DNS and then → Next.
![DHCP DNS](/windows_server_2012/images/dhcp_dns.jpg)
Step 6 − Click the Finish button.
![Finished](/windows_server_2012/images/finished.jpg)
Now let us see how to make the VPN Setup to allow the employees to connect from home. To do this, we must follow the steps given below.
Step 1 − Go to, Server Manager → Tools → Routing and Remote Access → Right click → and then again click on Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access → Custom Configuration and then → Next.
![Configure and Enable Routing](/windows_server_2012/images/configure_and_enable_routing.jpg)
Step 2 − VPN Access and then → Next.
![VPN Access](/windows_server_2012/images/vpn_access.jpg)
Step 3 − Click the Finish button.
![Click Finish Button](/windows_server_2012/images/click_finish_button.jpg)