Evaluating DirectAccess Design Examples

Important
This topic describes design considerations for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2. For the design considerations of DirectAccess in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG), see the Forefront UAG DirectAccess Design Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179988).

The following design examples illustrate the way in which DirectAccess deployment scenarios work to provide transparent access to intranet resources.

• Full Intranet Access Example
  
  
• Full Intranet Access with Smart Cards Example
  
  
• Selected Server Access Example
  
  
• End-to-end Access Example
  
  

You can use these examples to determine the design or combination of designs that best suits the needs of your organization.