{"id":6227,"date":"2017-03-24T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/blog\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:28:36","slug":"eliminating-vpn-hassles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/eliminating-vpn-hassles","title":{"rendered":"Eliminating VPN Hassles by Getting Rid of VPN – JumpCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Isn\u2019t the VPN one of the biggest hassles in a company? Not only is it hard to set up and network, but you also have to create users, hand out passwords, and then invariably hand-hold users as they have problems connecting. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then when users <\/span>do<\/span><\/i> connect, it\u2019s usually slow, adds additional overhead to the login process for the user, and can cause problems when users are on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advent of the VPN<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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The goal of VPNs made a great deal of sense when the <\/span>IT landscape<\/span><\/a> was different. A whole category of networking was born around the VPN. IT resources were located on-prem. As users started to become more mobile, they needed to be able to use the on-prem resources. This presented challenges for IT. And the solution to securely access the network became the VPN.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many of the components of an IT infrastructure have moved off-prem and into the cloud, the concept and thought process behind the VPN has changed significantly. Users are accessing web applications or servers via secure browser connections rather than VPNs. However, many organizations still have VPNs to connect users back to the \u2018domain\u2019 or the <\/span>Active Directory\u00ae server<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, for many organizations, <\/span>the only reason that their VPN exists is for authentication services<\/span><\/a>. Remote users will authenticate their laptop or desktop to the on-prem, legacy Active Directory instance. That seems like a lot of work for little return.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get JumpCloud\u00ae & Get Rid of Your VPN<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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