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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

Adding more entry points


Now that multisite is running, it's time to add more entry points. To do so, click on Add an entry point in the URA configuration console, under the Multisite deployment area in the tasks pane on the right. On the first page of the wizard, you need to specify the hostname of the other URA server you are adding, and give the entry point a name. This name is what users will see when they are connecting to it, so a descriptive name would be a good idea (for example, US East would probably be better than SrvURANYSvr01). When you click on Next, your server will try to contact the new server and verify it's running the URA role. To remind you, you must have administrative privileges on each entry point server you are adding.

The next few steps are somewhat similar to the configuration steps for a regular URA setup, except the fact that they are done remotely to the new server. First, you configure the Network Topology, during which you select whether the new entry point...