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Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment

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Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment

Overview of this book

DirectAccess, introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2, has been a ground breaking VPN-like connectivity solution, adopted by thousands of organizations worldwide. Allowing organizations to deploy without manually configuring every client and providing always-on connectivity has made this technology world-famous. Now, with Windows Server 2012, this has been made even easier to deploy, with a new friendly user interface, easy-start wizard and built in support tools.With Unified Remote Access, Windows server 2012 offers a unique way to provide remote access that is seamless and easier to deploy than traditional VPN solutions. With URA, the successor to DirectAccess, your users can have full network connectivity that is always-on. If you have deployed Windows Server 2012 or are planning to, this book will help you implement Unified Remote Access from concept to completion in no time!Unified Remote Access, the successor to DirectAccess, offers a new approach to remote access, as well as several deployment scenarios to best suit your organization and needs. This book will take you through the design, planning, implementation and support for URA, from start to finish."Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment" starts by exploring the mechanisms and infrastructure that are the backbone of URA, and then explores the various available scenarios and options. As you go through them, you will easily understand the ideal deployment for your own organization, and be ready to deploy quickly and easily. Whether you are looking into the simplest deployment, or a complex, multi-site or cloud scenario, "Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment" will provide all the answers and tools you will need to complete a successful deployment.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Configuring the Name Resolution Policy table


The NRPT is another thing that has crucial importance with URA; because mistakes in it cannot only cause problems—they could cause some serious issues in your entire network. The NRPT can have two types of items:

  • A domain suffix, which defines a pattern for resources that should be accessed through the URA connection

  • An exception entry, which is a name of a resource that should never be accessed through the URA connection

Your NRPT may include more than one entry of each of the previous items, depending on your network configuration. As part of the Getting Started Wizard, the NRPT would be configured to contain two or three items. The wizard will assume that the domain it's joined to is to be used as the domain suffix, and will add it to the list. This entry also includes the IP address of the DNS server that will resolve names for URA clients, and that DNS will be the URA server itself. The URA server includes the DNS64 service, which can take...