Now that we have the applicable knowledge of bringing a DirectAccess server online successfully and in a standardized fashion, let's talk about some other factors that you will definitely want to consider for your infrastructure. In this chapter, we will discuss some of the common points of confusion surrounding DirectAccess and its requirements, and I'll do my best to lay out the pros and cons to each aspect as I see them. There's no bias here, as you can see, I will plainly state that some of the "features" that are now available in 2012 are bad ideas in my opinion, and I'll recommend that you steer clear of some things to stick with a best practices approach.
We are going to talk about the following concepts:
To NAT or not to NAT?
Planning for Certificates (Public Key Infrastructure)
Defining your Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and security groups
Setting up the Network Location Server (NLS)
Do I need IPv6 or ISATAP?
Teredo and 6to4 tips and...