DirectAccess easy-quick-short lab ?

Hi
I'm learning for MCTS 70-642 exam and I’m trying to be hands-on in Direct Access. I'm using 2008R2 and Win7 VMs on VmWare. I did deploy DirectAccess at least 10 times. At every trial, I struggled a lot for troubleshooting
; and it worked only couple of times.
I did use very good labs ; but, often, they are little bit long and confusing :
- http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24144
- The lab in the MS Press book "Self-Paced-Training-Exam-70-642-Infrastructure".
I'm tryning to find a quick and short lab for making work the most basic functionnalities of DirectAccess ; with, only, the following components :
- AD corporate domain with the following computers joined to it : DC1, DA-SERVER, WIN7-MEMBER-CLIENT, 2008R2-MEMBER-SERVER.
- NLS and AD CS are deployed on Domain Controller (DC1).
- Computer certificates are auto-enrolled on all computers.
- Web Server certificate is deployed on DC1 only (for NLS).
- 6to4 must be the only tunnelling protocol used on clients. Setting public Ipv4 addresses must automatically activate 6to4.
- IP-HTTPS certificates or settings are not configured.
- CRLs are note configured (for AD, it is not necessary).
QUESTIONS :
Could DirectAccess work with that limited infrastructure ?
Anybody could help me build that easy-quick-short lab in VMs ?

On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:26:56 +0000, kayoumt wrote:
Could DirectAccess work with that limited infrastructure ?
DirectAccess questions should be posted to:
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DirectAccess easy-quick-short lab with VMs ?

Hi.
I'm learning for MCTS 70-642 exam and I’m trying to be hands-on in Direct Access. I'm using 2008R2 and Win7 VMs on VmWare. I did deploy DirectAccess at least 10 times. At every trial, I struggled a lot for troubleshooting
; and it worked only couple of times.
I did use very good labs ; but, often, they are little bit long and confusing :
- http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24144
- The lab in the MS Press book "Self-Paced-Training-Exam-70-642-Infrastructure".
I'm tryning to find a quick and short lab for making work the most basic functionnalities of DirectAccess ; with, only, the following components :
- AD corporate domain with the following computers joined to it : DC1, DA-SERVER, WIN7-MEMBER-CLIENT, 2008R2-MEMBER-SERVER.
- NLS and AD CS are deployed on Domain Controller (DC1).
- Computer certificates are auto-enrolled on all computers.
- Web Server certificate is deployed on DC1 only (for NLS).
- 6to4 must be the only tunnelling protocol used on clients. Setting public Ipv4 addresses must automatically activate 6to4.
- IP-HTTPS certificates or settings are not configured.
- CRLs are note configured (for AD, it is not necessary).
QUESTIONS :
Could DirectAccess work with that limited infrastructure ?
Anybody could help me build that easy-quick-short lab in VMs ?

Hi BenoitS,
1) My DirectAccess server is configured with 2 NICs : 1 internal (corpo) and 1 public (internet). The public NIC is configured with two consecutive addresses (131.107.0.1, 131.107.0.2).
2) When all computers (including the DA Server) are intially joined to the domain (inside corpo), they auto-enroll Computer certificate in their Computer store. That certificate is used for IPSEC.
3) As I said in my first post ; I want to keep things basic. All I want to configure on the DA server is : the DirectAccess application and an auto-enrolled Computer certificate for IPSEC. No DNS, no IIS, no AD CS, no NLS, ... on that server.
4) I do no want to configure IPHTTPS. Because, I'm avoiding to install IIS on DA Server. I'm also avoiding to install a certificate and to configure a CRL for IPHTTPS.
5) To keep things basic, I think 6to4 is a good option. I learnt that 6t04 configures automatically when you configure a public Ipv4 address on Win7. And it does. It does it automatically both on client and DA Server sides.
6) All the infrastructure is running on the DC : DNS, AD CS, IIS, NLS, ...
7) IPSEC is required by DirectAccess. I think, that's why it is important to install computer certificates on DA and on all clients. Could the computer certificates auto-enrolled by AD CS (inside corpo) be used when clients are communicating by internet
(outside corpo) ? I have no idea.
Back again to my question : Is that minimal configuration supposed to work ?

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Hi,
First, please try to install the DirectAccess troubleshooting tool on the client. It will tell us what's wrong with the DirectAccess.
To download this tool, please click the link below:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-hk/download/details.aspx?id=41938
Besides, what's the version of your client OS? If it's a Windows 7, then it is necessary to deploy the PKI.
Also, here is a good guide about how to troubleshooting directaccess:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624056%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
Moreover, please check if the following link is helpful:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2883952
Best Regards.
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I then proceeded to format both the phone and Mass Memory and reinstall everthing from scratch. Not an easy or short task I might add.
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I had nearly 60MB free on C: drive, before installing themes, app's and widgets. My RAM was now 40+MB after boot up and rarely goes below 20MB.
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Also there was a lot of tinkering and tweaking of settings as this can make a big difference to the way the phone funtions, as we can see by the forum postings.
IMHO this was the N97 I thought I was getting in June. This is the N97 that Nokia should, and could, have released and I cannot excuse them for palming off inferior firmware.
OK, it's not perfect, but as Julia Roberts says in Pretty Woman... "it has potential".
Am I going to ditch it? The answer is no!
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Some of us wax lyrical about the N95 but I remember all the complaints about the lack of RAM and it's slowness, poor camera and video. until it received it's v20 upgrade which changed the phone completely and actually put it ahead of the N95 8GB with its restricted Mass Memory.
Perhaps smart phones are becoming too smart.
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I understand I may come in for a lot of flak for this and I am certainly no technical genius. I'm just trying to relate my everyday experience and frustration with the N97.
As my dear old mum used to say... "Speak as you find" and I'm finding this phone a lot better than it was.
Message Edited by wildreamer on 15-Nov-2009 09:01 PM

I have had a very similar experience with the N97 and agree that now with firmware v20 the phone is just usable. It's ridiculous that to get to this point we've had to put so much work into researching solutions, resetting the phone multiple times, formatting the mass memory, reloading media and maps (also multiple times), uninstalling and reinstalling apps, and installing and reinstalling firmware updates. My wife jokingly said to me that I'd spent more time trying to get the phone running than actually using it. The sad thing is that this is pretty much true and no matter how well the phone works I will always remember the first four months of very sub par performance.
IMHO if Nokia hadn't skimped on the memory for the RAM and c drive the N97 would have suffered from a lot less problems. Also instead of spending four months trying to resolve these memory issues in the development for the v20 firmware release, they could have focussed on the multitude of other bugs. And how much do you think Nokia saved by skimping, maybe a few dollars per handset. Contrast this with how much bad publicity they have received over the N97 as well as the bad experience for people who spent US $700 for a flagship device.
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ITunes download error on the iPad

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That's it. An easy solution, even though it took me many hours to find the answer.

Struggling to Sync iPhone contacts to iCloud? Here's a possible solution!

I was struggling all day trying to figure out why my contacts were appearing on my iPhone 5, but not on my Macbook Pro Late 2011 Edition. To make a long story short, I was able to add contacts to my Contact app on my Macbook and have them sync immediately to my iPhone, but was not able to do it vice-versa.
Here was the cause:
I opened up my Contacts app on my iPhone 5
I hit 'Groups' at the top left side of the app.
I was given three options; Show All Contacts, All Outlook, and All iCloud.
I had All Outlook and All iCloud checked.
I created a fake person on my Mac Contact's app and it showed up immediately under my phone.
After thinking on it for some time, I came back and unchecked All Outlook.
By doing this, only my one fake contact appeared.
This was then a red flag to me that I had stored all of my contacts as Outlook contacts, not as iCloud contacts. If you're having a similar problem, it could be that you are storing your contacts under your email, not as iCloud, which is a huge problem for Mac users who want to integrate everything together. I like to go to my Messages app on the Mac and have a name to go with each conversation, and when my phone is charging pick up the conversation on the Mac. First, go into your iPhone settings and assuming you're running iOS 7, others may differ, hit 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars', scroll down to the sub category 'Contacts' and make sure your Default account is set to iCloud. Mine was set to Outlook which is why all of my contacts were stored in Outlook.
I found a very easy, quick fix to migrate the contacts from my Outlook to my iCloud! This solution works as a Verizon user.
Download the Backup Assistant app from the App Store on your iPhone.
Run the Backup Assistant.
Log into your Verizon account and hit "Manage Contacts"
You will then be brought to a page with contacts from your phone.
From here, Select All Contacts and hit the 'Gear' icon.
Click "Export Contacts"
This will create a file for you to refer to in the future so remember where you save it and make multiple copies.
Head over to your iPhone and download MultiDelete contact app. This app is used to delete multiple contacts instead of going one by one.
Once you have finished deleting your contacts from everything, including iCloud and your email program (mine was Outlook), you will have a clean and empty contacts book on your iPhone.
Go to your Mac now and open up Contacts.
Find the MyContacts.csv file and within Contacts, hit 'File' - 'Import' and browse to where MyContacts.csv is.
This will then add all of your contacts back into your phone, but as iCloud contacts, not as Outlook contacts or association with any other email address
Open up MultiDelete one more time and search for duplicates. Once you have found that there are no duplicates, you are all set.
Some people just like to turn off Contacts under their Mail, Contacts, etc... folder on their iPhone but that's not deleting them. This deletes them from the email program on the phone and makes them into iCloud contacts. Now, if you navigate to iCloud.com and log in, hit Contacts, all of your contacts are available. This is especially nice to have because if you ever use Messages on your Mac, you can text message right off your Mac!
This solution is only used for people running newer versions of both iOS and OSX. I am running iOS 7.1 currently and running the latest, most up-to-date version of Mavericks at the time this article is being written.
I figured after all of the trouble I went through today, I would share hoping that maybe somebody in a similar situation can get the fix they desire. Always enter your contacts app on your phone and uncheck your email version to test and see if they are iCloud contacts. As an Apple user with mutliple devices, this is especially helpful. You want all of your Apple devices integrated together from iPod touch to iPad, to Mac, to iPhone, as long as everything is in iCloud, you can sync them across multiple devices effortlessly.
Also, if this solution doesn't help, I'd start by troubleshooting and checking the following:
Making sure your iCloud is set up on each device and that you have turned on exactly what you desire to share between devices (whether it's contacts to calendar events)
If that's all set up, definitely look into my solution above.
If you're still having trouble, contact Apple Live Chat or give them a call. They were stumped by this issue I had, however after brainstorming a bit I figured it out myself.
I hope this helps a few people!

Hi,
You could also try resetting your airport express.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107418
Worked for me.

Contact photo not updating widget

Hello...heres the short version:
I have a widget of a contact...and my contacts are sync'ing with Facebook...When my contact updates their photo on Facebook; my Contact App updates; but my widget does not.
Heres the longer version:
Okay I know there are two ways to create a widget/contact. For instance....lets say you have a Contact named John Smith...lets say you talk to him more than anyone so you want a Fast Shortcut....and John Smith has a full fledged Facebook Profile. John Smith has his name, phone numbers, address, and more. So you want a quick and easy way to get access to John Smith; right?
Theres two ways to create this shortcut on one of your homescreens....The first option I'm sure everyone will do is to hold down on part of your screen and choose 'add widget'...as you scroll thru you will come across a 'Contact' widget...its a 1x1 size...which is the size of any app on your homescreen...so you click it and drag it to a space on your homescreen. Next it will bring up your full conact list...here you will scroll down and select John Smith. John Smith now appears on your homescreen pages. Click the "icon" and you have quick access to Name/Phone Numbers/Address/Facebook/and Maybe More
Now lets say John Smith updates his photo on Facebook, you know this cause you just launched Facebook an hour ago....so you go into your Contact List...and you're like "hmmm no updated photo"...so you go into your Settings>Accounts>Facebook>And you see the last time it sync'd with your phone...which was 1 day ago...you're thinking "okay no biggie theres a 'sync now' option" Voila.....Your Contact App now reflects his updated photo....so you back out of your Contacts or you Click your Home Button and you see that..........yep....his photo didnt update. So you remove the battery...you reboot device....,and no go.
Now you could just remove this shortcut and re add it but what if you were accustomed to previous cell phones that automatically updated the photo? This is where I am landing...I'm here asking if the Galaxy S4 has this feature?
Ahhh dont forget theres another option to go by......
So remember I said the common way of adding the shortcut was going thru Widgets? Well theres 1 more way of adding a contact to your home screen....and that is...going into your contacts...find the one you want...John Smith...Hold down on the screen til a menu appears and if you scroll to bottom (Galaxy S4) theres an option that says "Add shortcut to Home Screen". And voila...theres John Smith on your homescreen...His photo is the Icon/App that again you have easy/quick access to all the numbers he published...his Map (Address) and a quick link to Facebook + others if he has it....
But again when John Smith updates his Facebook Profile pic....and you know cause you just exited it...You re sync' under Settings and again while it reflected on your Contact App...it still didnt affect your Shortcut!
So my previous Cell phone was a Motorola Droid Razr (1st Edition)....my droid razr did have that feature...when someone changed their profile pic it would reflect the widget too.
The Galaxy S4 (for me) doesnt do that....my Contact Photo still changes when I manually perform a Sync and it shows up in the Contact App, but it doenst reflect the Widget....is this natural for Samsung? Or is my Device not working correctly?
Thanks

Heres an update:
Okay whether you use the Widget to add a contact to your homescreen
Or you go into contacts; find your contact and hold down to select menu that says "add shortcut"
Either way....if they have a photo it will product a photo icon on your homescreen.
Everyone knows this....however what I did find out is that when a person has a Facebook linked with that contact and they update a photo; when you click that Shortcut their updated photo will appear in that small window of theirs...however it wont update your shortcut you created....does that make sense?
As to why? I dont know

Reg report painter

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with regards
Sellavel

hi,
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