On a Windows 8 or 8.1 DirectAccess client, issuing a Get-DAConnectionStatus may return the following error:
Get-DAConnectionStatus : Network Connectivity Assistant service is stopped or not responding.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-DAConnectionStatus
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (MSFT_DAConnectionStatus:root/StandardCi...onnectionStatus) [Get-DAConnect
ionStatus], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Windows System Error 1753,Get-DAConnectionStatus
This issue is easily resolved by starting the Network Connectivity Assistant service by issuing the following PowerShell command:
Start-Service ncasvc
Get-DAConnectionStatus should now respond normally.
Simon Windeler
/ November 11, 2013Hi Richard, this doesn’t seem to work on Windows 8.1 pro clients, does it only work on enterprise?
Richard Hicks
/ November 11, 2013Correct. Windows 8 Professional is not a supported DirectAccess client. You must have Windows 8 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate for DirectAccess to work.
Mohammad Mortazavi
/ July 25, 2014I dont know to what extent you know,but in win 8.1 pro ,this service(ncasvc) doesn’t start & this is my major problem.
as far as i know this service ONLY start on win 8.1 enterprise & it’s kind of con.
anybody doesn’t have any solution for this in win 8.1 pro?(i needed for direct access)
Richard Hicks
/ July 26, 2014DirectAccess is not supported for Windows 8.x Professional clients. You must have Windows 8.x Enterprise (or Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate) in order to configure it as a DirectAccess client.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2756536