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The Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA) helps organizations reduce the cost of supporting DirectAccess users and significantly improve their connectivity experience.

DCA informs mobile users of their connectivity status at all times; provides tools to help them reconnect on their own if problems arise; and creates diagnostics to help mobile users provide IT staff with key information if necessary—all to help customers operate with more efficiency, and at a lower cost.

DCA is the newest addition to the Windows® Optimized Desktop Toolkit 2010, which is designed to help IT pros plan, deliver, and operate the right desktop technologies for users across their organization.

The download includes the following components:

• Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant.zip
• Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_x64.msi
• Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_x86.msi
• Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_DeploymentGuide.docx
• Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_Release_Notes.en.htm
• DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant GP.admx
• DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant GP.adml

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant GP.adml
DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant GP.ADMX
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant.zip SHA1: 37d43d02471f80c458e4851883ffeaddf7991562 Size: 1.23 MB
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_DeploymentGuide.docx
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_Release_Notes.en.htm
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_x64.msi
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_x86.msi

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

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