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Enable-DAMultiSite

Enables and configures a multi-site deployment, and adds the first entry point.

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Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft RemoteAccess reference: Enables and configures a multi-site deployment, and adds the first entry point. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Enable-DAMultiSite [-ComputerName <String>] [-EntryPointName] <String> [-GslbFqdn <String>]
 [-ManualEntryPointSelectionAllowed <String>] [-Name <String>] [-GslbIP <IPAddress>] [-Force] [-PassThru]
 [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-AsJob] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Enable-DAMultiSite. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / RemoteAccess · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-AsJob: Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.
-CimSession: Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
-ComputerName: Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address, or host name, of a server or server cluster in the multi-site deployment.
-Confirm: Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-EntryPointName (required): Specifies the name of the first entry point in the multi-site deployment.
-Force: Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.
-GslbFqdn: Specifies the FQDN of a third-party global load balancer. Global load balancing is used to direct Remote Access clients to the nearest entry point.
-GslbIP: Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 dedicated IP address (DIP) of the server, or the virtual IP address (VIP) of the server cluster, to be used for global load balancing.
-ManualEntryPointSelectionAllowed: Allow clients running firstref_client_7 or Windows® 8 to manually select the entry point to which they connect.
-Name: Specifies the name used to identify the multi-site deployment.
-PassThru: Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
-ThrottleLimit: Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.
-WhatIf: Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Prerequisites

Windows with the RemoteAccess module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Enable-DAMultiSite -EntryPointName "Entry Point 1" -PassThru -Force

This example enables DirectAccess (DA) Multi-site on the local DA server while using default parameters and naming the first entry point Entry Point 1. As can be seen from the output, the cmdlet chose a default EnterpriseName Enterprise and enabled the Manual Entry Point Selection by the Windows Server® 2012 user. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/RemoteAccess/Enable-DAMultiSite.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/remoteaccess/enable-damultisite?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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