Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 will appeal to IT organizations that would be happy to ditch their VPN infrastructures for a more viable alternative. That's now possible with DirectAccess, a new ...

Microsoft has announced that the DirectAccess remote access solution is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows, recommending companies migrate to the 'Always On VPN' for ...

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From the Server Manager, administrators can easily install the DirectAccess feature (it’s not a Role), which also installs the Group Policy Management snap-in. DirectAccess installation must be done ...

Microsft is urging all users to replace Windows DirectAccess with its Always On VPN feature for a more secure remote access solution. Always On VPN is then the natural successor of DirectAccess. First ...

In a few years, DirectAccess will be the standard way remote users will access their network, just like Outlook Anywhere (what used to be called RPC over HTTPS) allowed email users to synchronize ...

The seamless secure remote access built into Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is fantastic, if you don't mind a forklift upgrade or complexity and work-arounds DirectAccess, Microsoft’s pairing of ...

DirectAccess was introduced in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems as a feature to allow Windows users to connect remotely. However, following the launch of Windows 11/10, the ...

We are considering moving from our Juniper MAG2600 SSL VPN to DirectAccess. The main drive for this is to streamline the process for our users to remotely connect to our network. We would also replace ...