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Set-DAClient

Configures the properties related to a DirectAccess (DA) client.

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Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft RemoteAccess reference: Configures the properties related to a DirectAccess (DA) client. 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.

Set-DAClient [-ComputerName <String>] [-ForceTunnel <String>] [-OnlyRemoteComputers <String>]
 [-Downlevel <String>] [-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 Set-DAClient. 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 the computer on which the Remote Access server computer specific tasks should be run.
-Confirm: Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Downlevel: Specifies that the appropriate policies should be deployed on down-level clients (firstref_client_7) clients for allowing connection to a Windows Server® 2012 DA server. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Enabled or Disabled. This parameter can be configured only when multi-site is not deployed. If a user tries to configure it in a multi-site deployment, then this cmdlet displays an error.
-ForceTunnel: Specifies that force tunneling should be enabled or disabled. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Enabled or Disabled.
-OnlyRemoteComputers: Allows a user to enable or disable deployment of DA only on remote computers such as laptops and notebooks. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Enabled or Disabled.
-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

Set-DAClient -ForceTunnel "Enabled" -OnlyRemoteComputers "Enabled" -PassThru

This example configures DA only for remote laptops and computers and mandatorily route traffic through the corporate network. A default Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) entry is added to indicate that all traffic to any suffix should be sent to the corporate network. This is a global setting and will be applied across clients. 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/Set-DAClient.md

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

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