Redundancy and
Failover with KEMP
LoadMaster GEO
Windows 10 Always On VPN

RICHARD
HICKS
Richard M.
Hicks
Consulting
Founder and Principal Consultant
Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP)
• Cloud and Datacenter
• Enterprise Security
20+ Year Industry Veteran
Enterprise Mobility and Security
Infrastructure Expert

ALWAYS ON VPN
Advanced VPN capabilities in Windows 10
Replacement for DirectAccess
Seamless, transparent, always on
Works with Windows 10 Professional
Uses traditional client-based VPN protocols
Infrastructure independent and supports
third-party VPN servers and clients

Limited redundancy
support
User must edit VPN
connection
properties to
change VPN servers
No native support
for automatic
failover
LIMITATIONS

REDUNDANCY
AND FAILOVER

KEMP GEO
Enables geographic redundancy with
multiple datacenters
Automatic failover can be enabled
Connection requests can be load-balanced
between locations
Intelligent site selection based on client proximity
Active/active or active/passive scenarios are supported
No user interaction required

CONFIGURING GEO

FQDN
Define VPN Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for VPN connections
Create DNS delegation to KEMP GEO appliance
Add FQDN to GEO

REAL SERVERS
Choose a
scheduling
method
Enter public IP
addresses for
VPN servers
Define weight
settings
(optional)

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