Planning and Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016
DirectAccess provides seamless and transparent always-on remote connectivity for Windows clients. This course will teach you how to plan for and implement a remote access solution using DirectAccess.
What you'll learn
With today's highly mobile workplace, providing secure remote access for workers is crucial to supporting the highest levels of productivity in the organization. In addition, administrators are seeking better ways to more effectively manage the field-based assets. DirectAccess, with its seamless and transparent always-on remote connectivity, can help you meet both of these requirements. In this course, Planning and Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016, you will learn how to plan and implement DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016. First, you will choose the best networking topology for DirectAccess. Next, you will install and configure DirectAccess using implementation and security best practices. You will follow with provisioning Windows 10 and 7 clients. With DirectAccess, you have access to the corporate network whenever you have a connection to the Internet, and you can access internal resources outside of the network the same way as you do inside. With consistent network access, IT administrators have a better view of and control over managed Windows clients configuration and security posture. By the end of this course, you will have an understanding of DirectAccess and how it can be implemented with Windows Server 2016.
Table of contents
- Planning for DirectAccess 1m
- Choosing a Network Topology 4m
- Perimeter/DMZ Firewall Configuration 4m
- Infrastructure Requirements Overview 1m
- Active Directory Configuration 3m
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Configuration 2m
- SSL Certificate Requirements 1m
- Demonstration - Deploying Certificates 8m
- Preparing the Network Location Server (NLS) 2m
- Demonstration - Preparing the Network Location Server (NLS) 4m
- Preparing the DirectAccess Server 8m
- Installing the DirectAccess Role 1m
- Summary of Planning for DirectAccess 0m
- Introduction to the DirectAccess Getting Started Wizard 1m
- Getting Started Wizard Advantages and Disadvantages 4m
- Using the Getting Started Wizard 3m
- Reviewing DirectAccess Installation and Operation Status 3m
- Validating DirectAccess Client Connectivity 2m
- Summary of the DirectAccess Getting Started Wizard 1m
- Configuring DirectAccess Using the Remote Access Setup Wizard 1m
- Overview of the Remote Access Setup Wizard 1m
- Using the Remote Access Setup Wizard - DirectAccess Client Setup 7m
- The Remote Access Setup Wizard - Remote Access Server Setup 6m
- The Remote Access Setup Wizard - Infrastructure Server Setup 6m
- Reviewing and Applying the DirectAccess Configuration 8m
- DirectAccess Client Connectivity Validation Testing 8m
- Summary - Configuring DirectAccess Using the Remote Access Wizard 1m
- Introduction - Supporting Windows 7 DirectAccess Clients 1m
- Implementation Requirements for Windows 7 2m
- Drawbacks and Limits on Supporting Windows 7 DirectAccess Clients 3m
- Overview of Windows 7 DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA) 1m
- Installing and Configuring DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant 13m
- Summary - Supporting Windows 7 DirectAccess Clients 1m
About the author
Richard Hicks is the founder and principal consultant at Richard M. Hicks Consulting, Inc. With more than 25 years of experience implementing secure remote access and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions, he is a widely recognized enterprise mobility and security infrastructure expert sought after by organizations worldwide. His mission is to help companies provide visibility, control, and assurance for their field-based devices, ensuring the highest level of security and productivity for t... more