Connect to an AWS Client VPN endpoint using a Windows client application - AWS Client VPN
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Connect to an AWS Client VPN endpoint using a Windows client application

These sections describe how to establish a VPN connection using Windows-based VPN clients.

Before you begin, ensure that your Client VPN administrator has created a Client VPN endpoint and provided you with the Client VPN endpoint configuration file. If you want to connect to multiple profiles simultaneously, you'll need a configuration file for each profile.

For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting AWS Client VPN connections with Windows-based clients.

Important

If the Client VPN endpoint has been configured to use SAML-based federated authentication, you cannot use the OpenVPN-based VPN client to connect to a Client VPN endpoint. This includes any ARM-based architectures. If you are using a device with an ARM processor (such as Apple Silicon Macs or ARM-based Windows devices), you must use SAML-based VPN endpoints with the AWS provided client instead of OpenVPN clients.

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