Azure VPN client - always on - always connected?

VPN
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Hello,

We were considering our options if we got rid of our on prem domain controller. I’m wonder about remote users - e.g. people who don’t have a point to site tunnel on a firewall. Currently we have them connecting via the Microsoft store app - Azure VPN client. The client works great but you have to login to your PC then launch the program as far as I know (I don’t claim to know anything related to azure - that’s why I’m asking here).

I’d love some way to either have it load as a service or auto load and connect on windows login or it seems like MS would build the client into the onboard Windows 11 VPN services?

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After setting up the VPN connection, go into Windows Settings > Network, find the VPN connection and tick ‘Connect Automatically’. It will auto-connect every time Windows starts. Occasionally, the user will be prompted to re-authenticate but it’s not too often.

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This may be your solution, if you‘re using Intune:

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You can deploy a Always On VPN Profile. Here’s my example while using Intune. I have a example VPN profile for you:

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VPNs are outdated. Plenty of better ways to access resources securely.

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Thanks - I never noticed the app added it in there!

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Thanks - I should have stated in tune due to budget reasons is not an option

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Those steps aren’t really…“always on” though are they?

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Absolutely not outdated in the slightest, but thanks for your wonderfully insightful comment.