Microsoft acknowledges that there were issues with Direct Access after last week’s update. As a result, users can lose connection to the tool and not be able to work remotely. The company has now issued a patch.
The problems started in Direct Access earlier this week, but appear to be caused by KB501950, which was released in mid-October. Microsoft Writes It performs a rollback of known issues for this update. This causes direct access problems. This is a feature that allows users to log in remotely to a Windows PC. other vpn services and remote access solutions Not affected, the company wrote. Not all users have problems, but in some cases they may lose connection with Direct Access and therefore with the computers connected to them. This happens specifically when the connection is temporarily lost. Due to the error, this connection can no longer be made again.
The problem is on Windows 10 and 11 as well as Windows Server. Microsoft writes that multiple versions are affected. These are Windows 10 and 11 builds 21H1 and 22H2, Windows 10 builds 21H1 and 20H2, Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 and Windows Server 2019 and 2022.
System administrators need to restore known issues Group policies Installation and configuration to solve the problem. Microsoft has a lot going for it Group policies released.
Microsoft says it’s still working on a final fix rather than a rollback. It will be released in the coming weeks.
