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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. This Solution Accelerator is part of the Windows® Optimized Desktop Toolkit 2010 (WODT 2010).

• 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 August 2020.

File	SHA1 Hash	Size
DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant GP.adml	1369345020ce7466903e83673a69ab3d462d225e	3 KB
DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant GP.ADMX	bd9dbddd21f49e2be6a191175290d4fa2738b4df	2 KB
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant.zip	37d43d02471f80c458e4851883ffeaddf7991562	1.23 MB
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_DeploymentGuide.docx	d74f5c2a48b0b71b3f0d91e2a8fff60774be74a5	197 KB
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_Release_Notes.en.htm	b193b639b1648f89851cd01af6dda85aa2fbbae0	7 KB
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_x64.msi	289a4bb99782b5198beae3df1e693639a388750b	526 KB
Microsoft_DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant_x86.msi	a7b2e6a50b58f1b87c80372cfea4ac0c55d01c70	519 KB

• • .NET Framework 3.5SP1 (3.5.30729.01)
  • Windows Installer 4.5
  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats (available as a free download) can be used to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office 2007.
  • Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word Viewer (available as a free download) can be used to view Word documents.

• 1. Click the Download button next to the file you would like to download to start the download.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • To immediately start the .msi installation or open the document click Open, Run or Run this program from its current location. Then extract the files to your preferred location on your computer.
  • To save the download to your preferred location on your computer for use at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.
  3. Please refer to the Deployment Guide in the zip file.