building test network in Hyper-V to test DirectAccess

ayubjon

Currently I am preparing for 70-411 exam. One of the effective ways of preparing for the exam is to do lab exercises. And while searching the Internet for the lab exercises I found this Lab Guide: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess Simplified Setup in an IPv4-only Test Environment in Windows Server 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=29029

The lab requires six computers and three switches. Here is the lab to build.


Now my question is can this lab be build in one Hyper-V host? I have quite good HP server with 36 RAM and 4 NICs. But I don't know is this lab can be build inside Hyper-V. Particularly I am not sure about those three switches.

Thank you.

lab DirectAccess.JPG

aaronchristenson

I did this in a lab a few months ago. Here is a link to a configuration guide that I followed.

http://syscomlab.blog.com/2012/09/directaccess-for-windows-server-2012-guide/

It is a little simpler than the one you are using. I used a Hyper-V server to host the Domain Controller and the Direct Access server. Then I used a spare laptop joined to this domain for the testing.