How can I programmatically create a Windows VPN connection?

Question

I have a support environment where we connect to many of our customers\' systems using VPN and Remote Desktop. Right now, support personnel have to manually set up the VPN conne

Answer 1

I know it's not the "approved" method. but I've been doing this for years without issue.

setup the vpn on your own computer, make sure there is only this one VPN setup in there or you'll deploy all of them to your staff. Find the rasphone.pbk file on your PC, rename it to myVPN.pbk (or whatever you want) and use Altiris or whatever to deploy it to everyones desktop.

When they click on it, it opens up and works fine. As an added benefit put it online and tell your staff to right click on the link and save it to their desktop and dbl click on it. our uni has been doing it this way since I first found it worked most of 10 years ago.