The December 2012 collection of Windows updates included a number of changes that may adversely affect connectivity for DirectAccess clients. The December updates included changes to the Windows Root Certificate store and a hotfix for the IP Helper Service. Either or both of these updates could potentially prevent DirectAccess clients from connecting via the IPHTTPS IPv6 transition protocol. For more information read this post from the Forefront UAG Product Team.
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December 2012 Windows Updates and DirectAccess Connectivity Issues
Posted by Richard M. Hicks on February 8, 2013
https://directaccess.richardhicks.com/2013/02/08/december-2012-windows-updates-and-directaccess-connectivity-issues/
Discussing DirectAccess on the People Talking Tech Podcast
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!
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/
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