Plan an Advanced DirectAccess Deployment

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016

This topic lists the planning steps that are required to deploy a single DirectAccess server running Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows Server 2012 with a full range of basic and advanced features. The planning phase includes the following topics.

• Step 1: Plan the Advanced DirectAccess Infrastructure

  In this phase, you plan your network and server topology, firewall settings, certificate requirements, the Domain Name System (DNS), Active Directory, DirectAccess management servers, and the DirectAccess network location server.

• Step 2: Plan Advanced DirectAccess Deployments

  In this phase, you plan for the client and server deployment, including the DirectAccess infrastructure and the application servers.

Next step

After you have completed these planning steps, you can begin the server deployment. For instructions, see Install and Configure Advanced DirectAccess.