Broken Microsoft Direct Access DNS

[msi_school]

Can anyone help me I have broken the External DNS for my Microsoft Direct access install.

 

I have had a bit of a double whammy on my Remote access set up, the certificate is due to expire today so I ordered a new one which has been emailed to an address on the domain we use for direct access but do not have email set up for, I looked at the DNS records on the domain to get Office 365 set up and I must have clicked restore to default because all the records have gone.

 

I have since got Office 365 set up but I don't have any of the DNS settings I need for Direct Access, The internal server is working but the clients can not connect to our network.

 

I assume it is just one A record that needs setting but I don't seem to be able to find any guidance on this part of the set up, can anyone advise me please?

 

Mike

[Domino]

I would assume the DNS name listed in the certificate is what you would need to remake?

[msi_school]

Thank you for your replies, I just needed an A record for the domain on the certificate.

 

Mike

[chazzy2501]

if you go through the direct access setup and make no real changes, won't it recreate everything for you? (the old add a space delete a space, no actual change)

[msi_school]

I was a bit gun shy after breaking all of this on Tuesday so I did not want to go into any wizards I was not 100% sure of, I spoke to one of the engineers at Warwickshire Education Services (Thanks Sam) and he worked out that we needed to set up the A Record. This has now resolved the issue.

 

THis was not a fun two days I recommend you have backups of everything including your backups and keep a good record of your external DNS settings because most providers dont.