Windows Server: The Power of Integration in TechNet Magazine describes how you can use multiple features and technologies of the Windows client and server platforms to create new value in the form of a solution that addresses an IT capability or business need. This article highlights the DirectAccess...

In this blog post , I described how the Windows Server networking writing team won six awards from the Puget Sound chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). The STC is an independent professional association that advances the arts and sciences of technical communication. I am proud...

In this blog post , I described the test lab troubleshooting scenario and how it can be used to extend a troubleshooting test lab guide (TLG) and teach people troubleshooting techniques while they are ramping up technically or evaluating a new product, technology, or feature. I just published DirectAccess...

If you have configured the DirectAccess test lab and would like to share your advice, recommendations, workarounds, and best practices with others, you can now edit the Experiences with the DirectAccess Test Lab for Windows Server 2008 R2 topic in the TechNet Wiki. For example, if you would like to...

Hey DirectAccess fans, My esteemed colleague Tom Shinder recently published the following Test Lab Guides (TLGs) for DirectAccess in Forefront UAG 2010: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess Remote Management Test Lab Guide...

The DirectAccess Deployment Guide has been updated with the following topics that describe how to move the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) gateway function of a default-configured DirectAccess server to another computer: · Checklist: Moving the IPsec Gateway to Another Server ·...

The two DirectAccess test lab guides (TLGs) to demonstrate DirectAccess and DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) have been updated to support the new Base Configuration test lab . The new structure and dependencies of these three documents can be best shown in the following figure. ...

The new Base Configuration test lab guide (TLG) provides instructions on how to configure the Base Configuration test lab, a simplified test lab network that emulates the Internet and a private intranet. Four server computers provide the networking, Active Directory, and Web infrastructure and a client...

The TechNet Magazine article titled Compliance Reporting: First Step in Controlling Client Cloud Access , by Dan Griffin and Lee Walker, tells you how improve your auditing and compliance reporting by using Network Access Protection (NAP) and Internet Protocol security (IPsec) enforcement to control...

The following DirectAccess test lab extension stub topics in the TechNet Wiki are now available in the TechNet Wiki: Using Smart Cards for Additional Authorization Using Native IPv6 on the Corpnet Subnet Using Remote Access VPN in Parallel with DirectAccess Installing and Using the DirectAccess...

I recently recorded the following videos to introduce you to the new DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) test lab documents: · Overview of the Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DirectAcces s with NAP document The document is here . · Overview of the Test Lab Guide: Troubleshoot...

Take a look at Forefront UAG DirectAccess Provides Anywhere Access to Corporate Resources for Mobile Workers , a new Technical Case Study that describes how Microsoft IT uses DirectAccess in Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 to provide seamless remote access to Microsoft employees. If you...

Test lab guides, currently known as “step-by-step” guides, provide instructions to configure a feature, technology, or product in a test lab with a minimum number of steps and computers. Based on the success (almost 40,000 successful downloads) and positive feedback on the DirectAccess...

DirectAccess Test Lab for Windows Server 2008 R2 is a new topic in the TechNet Wiki that summarizes and links to all of the resources on test lab guides for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2. There are links to all four test lab guides for DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP), which...

The Cable Guy article for June 2010, titled “ DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) ,” is now available. This article includes a detailed discussion of the different Internet Protocol security (IPsec) tunnels that DirectAccess clients use and how to configure DirectAccess connection...

The new Step By Step Guide: Troubleshoot DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) in a Test Lab leverages the DirectAccess with NAP test lab configuration described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with NAP in a Test Lab and teaches you how to troubleshoot Windows Server 2008...

Troubleshoot DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a new topic in the TechNet Wiki that summarizes and links to all of the resources on troubleshooting DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Check it out. Joe Davies Principal Writer Windows Server Networking Documentation...

The following TechNet Wiki topics are extensions to the working DirectAccess test lab, as described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab : · DirectAccess Test Lab Extension: Selected Server Access Describes how to configure Selected Server access for DirectAccess clients...

The “ DirectAccess with NAP Troubleshooting Guidance ” topic has been added to the DirectAccess with NAP solution . This new topic describes how to quickly determine whether a problem with a DirectAccess client is due to NAP (an issue with health validation) or DirectAccess (an issue with intranet...

An updated version of the “ DirectAccess Design, Deployment, and Troubleshooting Guides ” white paper is now available in the Microsoft Download Center. This paper contains all of the content in the following guides as of April 15: · DirectAccess Design Guide · DirectAccess Deployment Guide...

With multi-site DirectAccess, you can install DirectAccess servers in multiple sites of an organization to increase capacity and provide more efficient routing when accessing site-specific intranet resources. See Planning for Multi-site DirectAccess . This new topic includes multi-site DirectAccess...

The DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) solution is a pilot for a new type of content that provides technical information and deployment guidance for larger solutions or scenarios that require multiple Windows Server technologies or Microsoft products . The deployment guidance provides...

The Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) in a Test Lab document describes how to configure NAP enforcement for access to the intranet in the DirectAccess test lab (described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab document) . NAP...

The Cable Guy article for March 2010, titled “ Network Location Detection for DirectAccess ,” is now available. Network location detection allows a DirectAccess client to determine when it is connected to its intranet. This article provides an overview of name resolution and network location detection...

Hey DirectAccess fans, Tom Shinder, prolific IT writer and now Microsoft technical writer, has a new blog called The Edge Man . Check it out and subscribe for ongoing technical tidbits about Unified Access Gateway (UAG) and DirectAccess. Joe Davies Principal Technical Writer The Windows...