Planning Your RRAS Deployment

If the design team that developed the RRAS design for your organization is different from the deployment team that will implement the design, make sure that the deployment team reviews all final decisions with the design team. Review the following points regarding your RRAS design:

• Evaluate the design team's strategy to determine the best physical topology for the placement of RRAS servers in your corporate network by reviewing the following topics in the RRAS Design Guide:
  
  
  • Integrate the VPN Server into a Perimeter Network
    
    
  • Integrate the Remote Site Connection into Your Network
    
    
  • Plan Active Directory Integration
    
    
  • Appendix B: VPN Servers and Firewall Configuration
    
    
  It is possible that the design team might leave the subject of RRAS server placement for the deployment team. The deployment team is then responsible for documenting and implementing the physical topology of RRAS servers in addition to domain controllers and servers that provide supporting technologies, such as DHCP and NPS.
  
  
• Ensure that members of the deployment team understand the reasons the selected RRAS design is being deployed and how client and server computers will be affected. Ensure that members of the deployment team also understand the stages of the RRAS deployment and what decisions govern when to advance from one deployment stage to the next.
  
  

After the design teams and deployment teams agree on these issues, they can proceed with the deployment of the RRAS design. For more information, see Implementing Your RRAS Design Plan.