Creating a Point-to-Site connection

Accessing resources in a secure way is important, and this must be performed securely. It's not always possible to perform this using a Site-to-Site connection, especially when we have to perform something out of work hours. In this case, we can use Point-to-Site to create a secure connection that can be established from anywhere.

Getting ready

To create a Point-to-Site connection, we'll need to generate a certificate that will be used for the connection. To create a certificate, we must follow these steps:

1. Execute the following PowerShell script to generate a certificate:

   $cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -Type Custom '
   -KeySpec Signature '
   -Subject "CN=P2SRootCert" '
   -KeyExportPolicy Exportable '
   -HashAlgorithm sha256 -KeyLength 2048 '
   -CertStoreLocation "Cert:\CurrentUser\My" '
   -KeyUsageProperty Sign '
   -KeyUsage CertSign
   New-SelfSignedCertificate -Type Custom '...