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Global Secure Access Client 2.26.108 is the first generally-available Windows release from Microsoft Corporation that turns an endpoint into a managed node of the Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge. Installed as a lightweight system service, the client continuously evaluates device posture against administrator-defined forwarding profiles and, when criteria match, silently acquires and tunnels traffic to Microsoft’s cloud gateways for both Internet and private-resource scenarios. Enterprises deploy it to extend Zero-Trust enforcement to remote or roaming laptops without back-hauling through on-premises VPN concentrators, instead steering Office 365, SaaS, or line-of-business flows directly to Entra Internet Access for CASB inspection, threat filtering, and data-loss prevention, while internal applications reach Entra Private Access for seamless, identity-aware RDP, SSH, or HTTP access. Because the agent honors granular conditional-access policies—requiring compliant device state, multifactor authentication, or risk-level signals—security teams can retire legacy perimeter VPNs and apply consistent governance to every connection regardless of user location. Typical roll-outs begin with a pilot group whose traffic patterns are observed in the Entra admin portal, after which forwarding profiles are widened to additional departments through Intune or group-policy assignment; the client self-updates through the same channel, ensuring that new features such IPv6 support or enhanced split-tunnel logic reach every endpoint without manual intervention. The software sits in the Network & Internet > Other category of the Windows ecosystem and is delivered as an x64 or Arm64 MSI that integrates transparently with Windows 10/11 and Server 2022. Global Secure Access Client is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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