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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Direct Access and RSA Authentication
We're having ongoing issues trying to setup DirectAccess with RSA SecureID OTP. On it's own DirectAccess is working great, however after I configure the OTP authentication I can't get my client to connect. I get the prompt for the OTP as expected…
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DirectAccess install error: Error: Configuration settings cannot be retrieved from the DirectAccess server GPO
I am installing DirectAccess on Windows Server 2012 using the wizard however I keep getting the error message:
Error: Configuration settings cannot be retrieved from the
DirectAccess server GPO.
I have searched online but there doesn't seem to…
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DirectAccess and renewing SSL with new PKI?
We have deployed DirectAccess in our network for our Windows 7/10 clients which works great. The issue is, the DA server/client certificates are based on a internal PKI we are retiring; we have build another PKI (two-tier, offline rootca and…
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RDP access to DirectAccess Server via DirectAccess
I have just setup a Win2008R2 DirectAccess server (and also a Win2008R2 Active Directory server).
From the Internet I can Remote Desktop login to the AD server, but I cannot RDP into the DirectAccess server. I can PING both servers and get an IPv6…
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DirectAccess status codes
does anyone know if there exists information on the possible Status en Substatus connection states in Microsoft Direct Access? The information on MSFT_DAConnectionStatus class (Windows) | msdn.microsoft.com states that both properties are uint32's…
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What is "Maximum Client Connections" on Remote Access (DirectAccess) dashboard
I was hoping someone might be able to enlighten me regarding the value of 'Maximum client connections' on the Remote Access Dashboard. Is this a hard limit or simply the most concurrent connections to date?
If it is a hard limit where do I go about…
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The remote procedure call failed during applying Remote Access Setup Wizard Settings
I have a DirectAccess server with Windows Server 2012 R2 in the DMZ and other services such as Active Directory (located on a subdomain) and the PKI infrastructure in the internal area.
And I get this error when I try to apply the setting "Use…
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DirectAccess: Client receiving icmp error from Ipv6 address
Pardon my naivety but I have never setup DirectAccess before, I've done some research prior and was unable to find a relevant resource. Let me provide a little background and then I'll jump into the question.
The 2012R2 server is setup behind a NAT…
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Direct Access Stacking network filter driver before iphttpsinterface
Is there any way I can stack up my NDIS filter driver on top of iphttpsinterface, which is a virtual tunnel adapter provided by Microsoft for Direct Access.
With this, I would like network traffic from my NDIS driver to go as input to…
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DirectAccess clients cannot browse network shares but can access them via mapped drive
OK, this is my first Microsoft DirectAccess deployment, so maybe I'm just lost in translation.
I have Windows 8.1 clients connecting to a 2012 R2 multisite DirectAccess setup (2 DA servers for global load balancing).
Once the clients are setup and…
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DirectAccess client (Windows 8.1 Ent) unable to connect to DirectAccess server (Server 2012)
This is my first time setting up a DirectAccess Server. I've completed the wizard on the server& everything is completed & running without errors. My laptop is unable to connect successfully. I can see the Network name, but it remains in…
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End-to-Edge Protection on DirectAccess
Learning about DirectAccess.
This is a diagram of End-to-Edge protection
Once the data goes in the corporate network, it doesn't matter whether the corporate network is running on IPv4 or IPv4. Is my understanding correct, or does the corporate…
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Configuring HAProxy for RPC, only one host
I've tried several ideas on how to get this to work, including Squid, Pound, and now HAProxy, which seems to be the closest yet, so far.
I have an NGinx server which I have set to be the primary web service public-facing, except when connecting to…
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Can I build an Azure Only infrastructure for my small business?
I have small business, 63 people now, but we are growing slowly. We have no Active Directory, we use Office 365 for email, and about 25% use Macs. We are kind of spread out, 3 offices with more than 5 people, and several folks work from home…
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DirectAccess Server firewall rules blocking ports
I have configured DirectAccess on my Server 2012 Essentials box and most of it works great - I can remotely access the server via RDP and the default IIS website on port 80.
However, I can't access anything that uses other ports. For this example,…
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