Once you have DA configured and working, you will probably want to keep an eye on the server, and see who is using DA. Remember the Web Monitor we talked about in Chapter 9? Well, it has a special section for DirectAccess monitoring. It allows you to monitor the status of the server itself, so you can see if an array member is having a problem, and allows you to track active sessions.
The Current Status page shows you the list of servers in the array, and the status of the various components including DNS64, IP-HTTPS, Network Security, 6to4 Router, ISATAP Router, Teredo Server, and Teredo Relay
The Active Sessions page shows you a list of active sessions, and information about each, like the source IP, the computer account, the transition mode (connectivity type), the array member in use, and more. In a full scale deployment, the list may be long, so a filter is included to allow you to seek out a specific session by user name, computer name, IP, or certificate...