Microsoft Windows terms starting with N

23 terms

  1. Name resolution The process of translating a name into some object or information that the name represents.
  2. namespace A prefix applied to URIs, URNs, and XML entities to prevent naming conflicts.
  3. NAP NDS Augmentation Package.
  4. NAP agent A client-side service that collects and manages health information. The NAP agent mediates communication of client health status between installed system…
  5. NAP client A computer that supports the NAP platform and can provide statements of health (SoHs) to a network access device.
  6. NAP EC A component in a NAP client architecture that integrates with network access technologies, such as DHCP, VPN, 802.1X, IPsec, and TS Gateway.
  7. NAP enforcement client A component in a NAP client architecture that integrates with network access technologies, such as DHCP, VPN, 802.1X, IPsec, and TS Gateway.
  8. NAP enforcement point A server or network access device that uses NAP or can be used with NAP to require the evaluation of a NAP client’s health state and provide…
  9. NAP enforcement server A component of the NAP architecture that enforces restricted network access for noncompliant NAP clients.
  10. NAP EP A server or network access device that uses NAP or can be used with NAP to require the evaluation of a NAP client’s health state and provide…
  11. NAP ES A component of the NAP architecture that enforces restricted network access for noncompliant NAP clients.
  12. NAP health policy server A server running NPS that evaluates NAP client health status. The NAP health policy server uses health policies and network policies to evaluate…
  13. native mode An operating mode of Exchange Server 2003 when the Exchange organization consists of only Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 servers.
  14. Network Access Protection A set of operating system components that can help protect access to a private network by enforcing health policies.
  15. Network Level Authentication An authentication method that completes user authentication before you establish a Remote Desktop connection and the logon screen appears.
  16. network policy A set of conditions, settings, and constraints that determine who can connect to a network. Network policy is configured by a network administrator.
  17. Network Policy Server The Microsoft implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server and proxy.
  18. network resource An individual computer on an internal corporate or private network that users can connect to through a TS Gateway server.
  19. Network Service account A predefined local account that is used to start a service and provide the security context for that service.
  20. network user A user that is accessing resources on a remote system. A network user may not have a UI or desktop on the remote computer.
  21. node Any device connected to network. PCs, servers, and printers are all nodes on the network.
  22. noncompliant computer A computer that does not meet the NAP health requirements that are defined for a network.
  23. NPS The Microsoft implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server and proxy.