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Hello World!
It starts…again! Welcome to my new Microsoft DirectAccess blog! After many years of writing about the Microsoft Forefront edge security suite at tmgblog.richardhicks.com, I’ve decided to create a blog...
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Cannot Connect a DirectAccess Client to a Corporate Network in Windows 8 or...
Microsoft has released a hotfix to address an issue where a DirectAccess client fails to connect to a corporate network using Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012. The issue can occur when you deploy...
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Features Deprecated in Forefront UAG Service Pack 3
With the recent release of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010, Microsoft has published a list of features in UAG SP3 that have been deprecated. To be clear,...
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Configuring Multiple Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess Instances
DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 R2 supports many different deployment configurations. It can be deployed with a single server, multiple servers in a single location, multiple servers in multiple...
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DirectAccess, Windows 10, and Network Access Protection (NAP)
First introduced with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) is a technology that allows IT administrators to create and enforce system health requirements that must be met...
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Top 5 DirectAccess Troubleshooting Tips
DirectAccess is a thing of beauty when everything is working as it should. When it isn’t, troubleshooting can be quite challenging. DirectAccess relies on many Windows platform technologies such as...
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Always On VPN and the Future of Microsoft DirectAccess
Since the introduction of Windows Server 2012 in September of 2012, no new features or functionality have been added to DirectAccess. In Windows Server 2016, the only real change aside from bug fixes...
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