WINDOWS 2000 SERVER

DEPLOY CONNECTION SETTINGS TO REMOTE USERS

If you provide dial-up access to your network for a large number of users, creating and deploying connection settings to users can be a real challenge. However, you can simplify connection management with the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK), an optional Windows 2000 Server component.

To install the CMAK, open Control Panel and double-click the Add/Remove Programs applet. Click the Add/Remove Windows Components button to start the Windows Components Wizard. Select Management And Monitoring Tools, click Details, select Connection Manager Components, and click OK. Click Next to start the installation process.

After installing the CMAK, you'll find a Connection Manager Administration Kit item in the Administrative Tools folder. Opening this item launches a wizard that gathers the connection settings and creates a service profile.

After gathering all of the information, the wizard creates an executable that you can deploy to users. This executable also includes the service profile that you created with the wizard.

For details on the information you'll need to configure the service profile, see the wizard's Help content.