[DirectAccess] Could I deploy it on AZURE IaaS ?

With the popularity of IaaS (Infrastructure As A Service) cloud service of AZURE, we could ask us if we could deploy DirectAccess on this one?

If we take a look at the KB2721672 the answer is no and we could ask us why, indeed the other part of URA like VPN and Site-to-Site VPN seems to working well.

The answer make sense when we look how DirectAccess and AZURE IaaS works:

• DirectAccess need IPv4 and IPv6 stacks
• AZURE IaaS provide only IPv4 stack and not IPv6stack

We could conclude that because AZURE IaaS doesn't provide IPv6 so DirectAccess can't work for the gateway, with the lack of the main component.

I want to thanks:

• Benoît Sautière for his advice about the KB2721672
• Ronald Beekelaar for providing information about IPv6 in AZURE IaaS