Direct Access is a new technology from Microsoft Available for Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate working with Windows Server 2008 R2 that provides seemless network connectivity not matter if you are in your Lan or in the Internet.
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DirectAccess in DMZ - internal firewall rules
I'm looking at deploying DirectAccess in our network but have some concerns over the requirement to have the DirectAccess server be domain joined, particularly because it's going to be in the DMZ. The firewall rules on the external firewall are…
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How to join Windows 10 Mobile to a domain?
We are currently experimenting with Microsoft Lumia 950 running Windows 10 Mobile and Microsoft's Display Dock.
Now I am wondering how I can join this mobile device to the existing lab Domain. Thanks for any pointers. Does Win10 Mobile Support…
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DirectAccess default MultiSite location but still allow user to select alternative site
We configured MultiSite for each different location of our offices. DA setup only allows the option between preconfigured location or automatically and allowing the user to change the location.
However, the latter does not provide any method for…
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What is the relationship between DirectAccess, Web Application Proxy, and Forefront UAG?
We're exploring the feasibility of deploying DirectAccess to our off-campus laptops as a more seamless alternative to our TS-Gateway server, and I would like to know the benefits and relationship between these similar technologies.
DirectAccess and…
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How can I set up DirectAccess so that I only need a single physical server?
In a bid to minimise hardware complexity and overall cost for the small network I look after, I'd like to know how best to get DirectAccess up and running as simply as possible.
We currently have a single Windows server connected to the internet…
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Windows 7 with Direct Access and bridging a connection to a local RHEL VM
My company provided laptop is a Windows 7 machine configured to Microsoft Direct Access on the domain controller so that even remotely it will always be available on the domain without having to explicitly launch a VPN client. I know that it does…
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Microsoft DirectAccess server in the cloud (Rackspace)?
We're considering implementing DirectAccess via Windows Server 2012 R2. While considering the hardware requirements (which aren't very great of course), the question came up: "can we implement the DA server in the cloud?"
By "the cloud" I'm talking…
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PKI and Direct Access UAG
I have a two tier PKI infrastructure with an offline root CA and two Enterprise Intermediate Certification Authorities setup to auto enroll certificates. I have setup auto enrollment in default domain GPO within Active Directory for machine…
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UAG Direct Access 2 node Array wipes the IIS web site for NLS that is configured on the same box when DA is Activated
any help would be awesome, I have created a two node UAG Direct Access array, although not best practice I have setup NLS website on the UAG DA servers. Every time I click Activate on the Forefront Unified Access Gateway Management page it removes…
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Location for Network Location Server
I am working on setting up Direct Access, and a network location server is required. Is there a best practice on where to install it?
The requirement are that it only be accessible from the intranet. So I'm thinking on the ADFS server since it has…
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Using Direct Access to allow mobile users to have GPO and the Domain experience
I'm interested in using Direct Access mainly so I can apply GPO to mobile clients and control the "domain experience" these users have.
Q: Does Direct Access allow end users to transparently work this way?
I'm in the process of setting up a test…
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Teredo "Error: Failed to Open Tunnel Adapter""
I have some Windows 7 Machines with an issue on the Teredo network interface. It's not working, and due that i dont have routable IPv6 behind a NAT and the tecnologies that depends of Teredo like Direct Access dont work.
I think it's a software…
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What are the prerequisite on the storage system side in order to use the DirectAccess services from Windows 7 clients?
I would like to know what the cabling/protocols/storage prerequisits are in order to implement the DirectAccess service on Windows 7 Entreprise clients.
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Direct Access - managing computer clients with Remote Desktop
I have a Direct Access configured, with IP-HTTPS , where all trafic is routing over IP-HTTPS. I have opened on the Firewall 443 port. My clients and servers doesn't have ipv6 public ip.
I have configured one of our station as management server. I…
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DirectAccess DNS warning: Enterprise DNS servers (192.168.100.33,::1) used by DirectAccess clients for name resolution are not responding
I'm attempting to set up DirectAccess Remote Access on a standalone Windows Server 2012 server (DC, DHCP, DNS etc.) are handled on another server.
I used the wizard but DNS kept throwing warning icons in the status viewer. I've tried setting it…
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