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Hello, and welcome to Implementing Microsoft Windows Always On VPN.

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My name is Richard Hicks.

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I'm the founder and principal consultant at Richard M. Hicks Consulting.

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You can find me on Twitter @richardhicks or visit my

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website, www.richardhicks.com.

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I'm also the author of Implementing Always On VPN: Modern Mobility

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with Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows Server 2022. Visit

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aovpnbook.com to learn more. In this module,

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we'll take a high‑level look at Always On VPN.

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We'll talk a little bit about what Always On VPN is specifically. Always

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On VPN is the successor to Microsoft DirectAccess.

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We'll talk a little bit about DirectAccess and the current state

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of that solution today. We will also talk a little bit about the

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constituent components that are required to build an Always On VPN

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supporting infrastructure,

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what services have to be in place in order to support Always On VPN.

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And finally, we'll talk a little bit about some of the

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advanced cloud integration and modern management

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capabilities supported by Always On VPN.

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So what is Always On VPN?

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Well, principally speaking,

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it's secure remote access. Secure remote access has been around with us for

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many years, and historically it was implemented ad hoc.

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It was a, very much a nice‑to‑have feature, but given current events and the

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move towards predominant or even exclusive remote mobile workforces, having an

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enterprise mobility strategy is considered an essential service today in most

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organizations. Of course, having an enterprise mobility solution in place does

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allow you to improve productivity for your field‑based workers, it does allow

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your systems management folks to better manage their endpoints, and from a

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security perspective,

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having visibility control for those endpoints that are exclusively or

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predominantly outside of the office is a huge win.

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So Always On VPN provides secure remote access in a seamless,

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transparent, and always on, or always connected, way. Always On VPN, in its

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default configuration, is completely transparent to the user,

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does not require any user interaction to establish the connection.

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Now, if this sounds familiar to you,

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you probably have experience using Microsoft DirectAccess because Microsoft

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DirectAccess had a very similar user experience, and in fact,

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the user experience for Always On VPN is identical.

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The way in which we implement the technology,

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the fundamental mechanics, or the plumbing underneath of the infrastructure, is obviously quite different.