There are two approaches to implementing 802.1X NAP in your organization. You can utilize VLANs or Port ACLs. So the answer is maybe. If you go with the VLAN, you will have to bring in whom ever programs your switches to create you Unrestricted, Restricted, and guest VLANS. At that point, you can configure NPS to redirect client to where they need to go. You can also program Port ACLs on the switch. Have on policy tell the port that it is compliant, and another one for non-compliant. Your policies will tell the switch with ACL to use. Below is a blog from technet that describes this in more detail.
As I'm writing this article, I'm also writing a customization for a PowerShell course I'm teaching next week in Phoenix. This customization deals with Group Policy and PowerShell. For those of you who attend my classes may already know this, but I sit their and try to ask the questions to myself that others may ask as I present the material. I finished up my customization a few hours ago and then I realized that I did not add in how to put a comment on a GPO. This is a feature that many Group Policy Administrators may not be aware of. This past summer I attended a presentation at TechEd on Group Policy. One organization in the crowd had over 5,000 Group Policies. In an environment like that, the comment section can be priceless. I always like to write in the comment section why I created the policy so I know its purpose next week after I've completed 50 other tasks and can't remember what I did 5 minutes ago. In the Group Policy module for PowerShell V3, th
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