Get To Files On Other Computers; Connect To A Virtual Private Network (Vpn); Workplace Join - Microsoft Surface 2 User Manual

Get to files on other computers

To see shared files and folders on your network, open File Explorer and navigate to Homegroup or Network (or
you can use the OneDrive
1. Open File Explorer. (Swipe up from the center of the Start screen and type
2. In the left pane, choose
3. To browse shared files and folders, tap or click the computer name under Network or someone's name
under Homegroup.
For more info, see Find PCs, devices, and content on your network
Note PCs that are turned off, hibernating, or asleep won't appear as part of the homegroup.

Connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Surface 2 can connect to your workplace network by using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. VPNs
connect PCs to large networks (usually corporate) over the Internet.
Important Surface 2 with Windows RT 8.1 has built-in support for VPN. Third-party VPN software can also be
installed, if it's available in the Windows Store. For help with third-party VPN software, contact the third-party
VPN provider.
Set up a new VPN connection
1. Ask your network admin for your company's virtual private network (VPN) server name. Example:
Contoso.com or 157.54.0.1 or 3ffe:1234::1111.
2. Make sure you're connected to a network.
3. Open the Settings charm, then tap or click
4. Under VPN, tap or click
Can't connect? See Connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Connect or disconnect from a VPN
1. Open the Settings charm, and then tap or click the wired or wireless network icon.
2. Under Connections, tap or click your VPN connection, then choose

Workplace join

If your IT admin has set up the software to allow it, you can use your Surface for work and get to workplace
resources such as internal websites and business apps. For more info about this, see
workplace on Windows.com.
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app). Here's how:
Homegroup or Network.
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and enter the info for connecting to your VPN.
on Windows.com.
Change PC settings > Network
on Surface.com.
File Explorer.)
> Connections.
Connect or Disconnect.
Use your personal PC at your
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