Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016 Book Now Available

I am very excited to announce that my new DirectAccess book, Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016 from Apress media, is now shipping! The book is available on popular online sites like Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Springer.com, Apress.com, and others. The book is also available in electronic formats such as Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook, as well as a variety of subscription formats including Safari, Books24x7, and SpringerLink.

Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016

This book contains detailed and prescriptive guidance for the planning, design, implementation, and support of a DirectAccess remote access solution on Windows Server 2016. It also includes valuable insight, tips, tricks, and best practice recommendations gained from my many years of deploying DirectAccess for some of the largest organizations in the world.

Current DirectAccess administrators will also find this book helpful, as the majority of content is still applicable to DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. In addition, the book also includes essential information on the design and deployment of highly available and geographically redundant DirectAccess deployments.

Troubleshooting DirectAccess can be a daunting task, so I’ve dedicated an entire chapter in the book to this topic. For those responsible for the maintenance and support of DirectAccess in their organization, this chapter alone will be worth the investment.

Be sure to order your copy today!

Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016 Pre-Order

Update: My new DirectAccess book is now available for purchase. Details here.

I am pleased to announce that my new book, Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016 from Apress Media, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com!

Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2016

This book contains detailed and prescriptive guidance for the planning, design, implementation, and support of a DirectAccess remote access solution on Windows Server 2016. It also includes valuable insight, tips, tricks, and best practice recommendations gained from my many years of deploying DirectAccess for some of the largest organizations in the world.

Current DirectAccess administrators will also find this book helpful, as the majority of content is still applicable to DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. In addition, the book also includes essential information on the design and deployment of highly available and geographically redundant DirectAccess deployments.

Troubleshooting DirectAccess can be a daunting task, so I’ve dedicated an entire chapter in the book to this topic. For those responsible for the maintenance and support of DirectAccess in their organization, this chapter alone will be worth the investment.

Be sure to reserve your copy today!

Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess on Amazon Web Services

A while back I wrote about configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess in Microsoft Azure. Running DirectAccess in Azure suffered from a few complications, and ultimately it is not supported. That doesn’t mean Azure wouldn’t be useful to stand up a test environment with which to evaluate DirectAccess, however. That’s not the case for DirectAccess running on Amazon though. DirectAccess is a fully supported workload running in the Amazon public cloud. Recently Amazon released a whitepaper demonstrating the use of Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess running on AWS. Although this first whitepaper documents the use of DirectAccess in single-NIC mode supporting only Windows 8 clients, look for future whitepapers to cover topics like support for Windows 7 clients and high availability using Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB). For more information, visit the Amazon whitepapers site and select the Partner Whitepapers tab.

Configure Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAcess on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Or, if you prefer, you can download the document directly here.