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Published inMay 2023
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Jordan Krause
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Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause has been an IT professional for more than 20 years and has received 9 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, he has a passion for helping companies find the best ways to enable a remote workforce. Committed to continuous learning, Jordan holds certifications as an MCSE, MCSA, and MCITP Enterprise Administrator, and has authored numerous books on Microsoft technologies. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA), but works daily with companies around the world.
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Latest improvements to WAP

WAP was introduced in Server 2012 R2 and had many improvements when Windows Server 2016 was released. There have been few major modifications since that time, but it is still important to point out the latest benefits that have been rolled into this feature to show that it is still learning to do new things. The following are some of the improvements that have been made if you haven’t taken a look at WAP since its first iteration.

Pre-authentication for HTTP Basic

There are two different ways that users can authenticate to applications that are being published by WAP pre-authentication or pass-through authentication. When publishing an application with pre-authentication, this means that users will have to stop by the AD FS interface to authenticate themselves before they are allowed through to the web application itself.

In my eyes, pre-authentication is a critical component of any reverse proxy and I would have to be stuck...

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Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause has been an IT professional for more than 20 years and has received 9 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, he has a passion for helping companies find the best ways to enable a remote workforce. Committed to continuous learning, Jordan holds certifications as an MCSE, MCSA, and MCITP Enterprise Administrator, and has authored numerous books on Microsoft technologies. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA), but works daily with companies around the world.
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