vpn

Does Microsoft now provide FREE VPN ?
It seems to be on - OR is it necessary to setup a VPN ?

Microsoft does not provide free VPN service. The ability to connect to some VPN servers is included in Windows but Microsoft does not provide a free VPN host to connect to.

NavyLCDR said:

Microsoft does not provide free VPN service. The ability to connect to some VPN servers is included in Windows but Microsoft does not provide a free VPN host to connect to.

Thanks. Not sure what is meant by

ability to connect to some VPN servers

Did the "ability" exist before Windows 10 ?

The free OPERA browser has FREE vpn. (no setup required)
OK. It says "allow" vpn <

"ALLOW" ?

The ability did exist before Windows 10. It is for connecting to corporate VPN systems.

ok. thanks. I am thinking it is new in the sense that perhaps,
one can now TURN IT OFF or BLOCK a vpn with a simple quick SWITCH

I've have never used one, but I can imagine that before Microsoft provided
a SIMPLE switch to turn it on and off, or allow or disallow,
it must have required more effort to turn it on and off.

NavyLCDR said:

The ability did exist before Windows 10. It is for connecting to corporate VPN systems.

Thanks. ... don't know anything about corporate VPN systems.
I have never worked in an office or for a corporation.

Thinking about whether a VPN from a service (3rd party),
would be affected by the allow or disallow option.

Only Windows built-in limited VPN client. It would not affect third party VPN clients such as OpenVPN.