Fresh FortiClient install on VM 2012R2. Don't understand how to do remote install. Help?
- March 27, 2020
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Hi all,
This is my first post here. I have been using AVG Internet Security Business Edition, with Remote Administration. While the software itself is easy to manage when it is installed, I find it cumbersome to deploy with Remote Administration on the PC's. Sometimes it works just fine, some times I just give up and need to install it locally. Newly the need for VPN to remote locations announced itself, and am not convinced this will work out of the box on a LAN with a workgroup + VPN.
Currently I am testing Forticlient. My goal is to have a Windows 2012 R2 with FortiClient EMS, and have the possibility to remote install and manage all clients/PCs on the network.
The first question that popped up here was: Do I need a Active Directory Server to achieve Remote Client Management?
Since I couldn't find the answer to this I just went ahead and installed the AD and DNS. Domain is up and running and FC EMS sees the domain. I have also a VM Win7 box that I added to the domain. The user is created on AD, and I can logon from the Win7 VM to the domain. I only created the user with default settings, no profiles, nothing else.
In FC EMS > Endpoints I see the Win2012R2 Server, and the Win7 PC. An interesting detail is that the endpoints are listed with no user, no IP, default policy (see attached Endpoints.jpg).
Where do I take it from here? Many thanks for reading this.
