If you’re a follower of this website, you are undoubtedly familiar with PowerON Platforms as I have promoted their products extensively over the years. Dynamic Profile Configurator (DPC) is a clever solution that enables Always On VPN client configuration provisioning and management using Active Directory group policy. They recently introduced a cloud-based centralized reporting solution for organizations with multiple VPN servers. I worked closely with PowerON and influenced many of the features of these great technologies.
Out of Business
Sadly, I learned recently that PowerON Platforms has entered insolvency. Effective October 16, 2024, PowerON Platforms now cease to exist. If you are a current customer of theirs, you likely have received a notification email already.
The Future
Many of my customers have asked what will become of DPC and their cloud-based reporting solution. Here is some additional information.
DPC
Fortunately, DPC will live on through open source. My good friend and primary developer of DPC, Leo D’Arcy, is currently working on refactoring the software to meet open-source specifications. Although I don’t have a timeline for when the software will be available for download, I hope it will be soon.
You can follow the GitHub repository for the open-source DPC here.
If you have a current DPC license, the product should continue to work without issue. You can upgrade to the open-source version of DPC in the future if you choose to. You will likely encounter problems if you use DPC with a trial license. If this happens, contact me directly, and I’ll assist you.
Reporting
The PowerON Platforms Always On VPN reporting solution is dead and will not continue. If you were using this product, I would suggest deleting the resource group you created in Azure for this and the PowerBI application installed for it.
In addition, Always On VPN administrators should remove the reporting agent software from their VPN servers. You can do this on GUI installations using the Add or Remove Programs control panel app.
If you’ve installed the reporting agent on Server Core systems, you can remove it by running the following PowerShell command.
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {$_.IdentifyingNumber -Match ‘{FFFC6424-82BB-49C5-9112-2C1436717C9C}’ } | Invoke-WmiMethod -Name Uninstall
Support
With PowerON Platforms out of business, their products are no longer supported. However, if you have issues with DPC or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll provide as much support as I can.
Additional Information
Always On VPN Dynamic Profile Configurator (DPC) Open Source on GitHub
