Internet Versus Intranet Traffic with DirectAccess

One of the benefits of DirectAccess is the ability to separate the intranet traffic (destined for internal servers) from the Internet traffic (destined for external servers). This conserves the corporate bandwidth for access to corporate resources. By specifying the domains and subdomains for which the DirectAccess server provides access, traffic for those domains is directed through the DirectAccess connection. Other traffic is routed through the default routes and bypasses the DirectAccess connection. This is the highest performance configuration and is the default mode of operation.

However, in some cases, administrators might want to have all traffic route through the DirectAccess connection. ...

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