Recently I had the opportunity to chat with fellow Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Denny Cherry on his People Talking Tech podcast. We had a great time conversing about DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012. Give it a listen!
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Discussing DirectAccess on the People Talking Tech Podcast
Posted by Richard M. Hicks on February 5, 2013
https://directaccess.richardhicks.com/2013/02/05/discussing-directaccess-on-the-people-talking-tech-podcast/
System Center Operations Manager 2012 Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012 Remote Access
Microsoft recently released a Monitoring Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2012 specifically targets the Remote Access role in Windows Server 2012. With this new monitoring pack, a systems management engineer can monitor a Windows Server 2012 server with the remote access role installed for the following conditions:
DirectAccess
- Network interface connection and settings issues
- IPv6 transition protocol configuration
- DoS, spoof, and replay attack heuristics
- IPsec state
- DNS and management server configuration
- Underlying service status
- OTP-related heuristics
Remote Access and Site-to-Site VPN
- Connection failures
- Improper configuration
- Hardware device and IPsec related failures
- Monitoring of performance counters and instrumentation
This management pack leverages PowerShell cmdlets such as Get-RemoteAccess, Get-DAMultisite, and Get-RemoteAccessHealth. As such, only Windows Server 2012 is supported by this management pack. You can download the System Center Operations Manager 2012 Monitoring Pack for the Windows Server 2102 Remote Access role here.
Posted by Richard M. Hicks on January 31, 2013
https://directaccess.richardhicks.com/2013/01/31/system-center-operations-manager-2012-monitoring-pack-for-windows-server-2012-remote-access/
Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Book Now Available
Great news! The Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment book by Ben Ben-Ari and Bala Natarajan is now available! The book covers in detail how to plan and deploy remote access solutions using Windows Server 2012 VPN and DirectAccess. This book will be an essential reference for anyone preparing to deploy DirectAccess, remote access VPN, or site-to-site VPN using Windows Server 2012. Order your copy now!
Posted by Richard M. Hicks on December 27, 2012
https://directaccess.richardhicks.com/2012/12/27/windows-server-2012-unified-remote-access-book-now-available/
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