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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

Operating system compatibility


Even though few companies in the United States have switched to IPv6, other countries have been faster to adopt it. The leaders are Japan, China, South Korea, and Australia. To make things easier, Microsoft developed IPv6 support many years ago, and starting with Windows Vista, it was enabled by default.

On older operating systems, IPv6 was available as an extra add-on. In Windows XP, for example, all you have to do to add it is open a command prompt on the client and run the command netshint ipv6 install. On Windows 2000 computers, you can add IPv6 by installing an add-on pack from http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=21676.

On other operating systems such as MacOS, Linux, and others, IPv6 is supported as well. Macintosh computers have had IPv6 support since Mac OS v10.3 (also known as Panther, released in late 2003). Linux kernels have supported IPv6 since the year 2000, with some code implemented in version 2.1.8 of the kernel, and any distribution using version 2.6 or later should support it fully.

To be clear, the preceding paragraph doesn't mean that these systems can become URA clients; we are only talking about the ability of the operating system to use IPv6, which impacts how it will integrate into the network.