To begin, provision a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine in Microsoft Azure, and be sure to assign a static IP address to the VM using PowerShell as described here. Guidance for configuring site-to-site VPN to Azure using Windows Server 2012 R2 can be found here. Guidance for deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller in Azure can be found here. It can be located in Azure itself, or on-premises with site-to-site VPN established between the on-premises network and the Azure virtual network. Note: The DirectAccess server must be joined to a domain, so the assumption is that you’ve configured at least one domain controller somewhere. In addition, broadcast and multicast traffic are not supported in a conventional way in Azure, preventing load-balanced clusters and manage out functionality using ISATAP from working correctly.Ĭonfiguring the DirectAccess Server in Azure In fact, Azure virtual machines can have only a single NIC, which limits the deployment model to NAT/DMZ configuration. For example, it is not possible to configure DirectAccess in a public-facing edge configuration. Be advised that not all DirectAccess deployment scenarios can be configured in Azure. Although these challenges might prevent you from using DirectAccess in a production environment in Azure, it is certainly viable for short-term testing and evaluation of DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 R2. There are a number of things unique to the Azure hosting environment that prevent DirectAccess from working without interruption. However, I quickly learned why it is not supported. Based on my experience, I can tell you that it does indeed work. However, just because it isn’t supported doesn’t mean it won’t work, so I proceeded to set up a Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess server to see what would happen. To begin, I looked through the list of unsupported roles and, unfortunately, DirectAccess is on the list. After I completed the article, I decided to investigate whether DirectAccess could be configured successfully in Azure. Recently I wrote an article for about how to configure a basic test lab in Microsoft Azure using Windows Server 2012 R2.
Update: Microsoft is no longer supporting DirectAccess in Azure.
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