Microsoft DirectAccess can break Jabber MRA sign-in because it tunnels DNS queries into the internal network. Cisco states DirectAccess is not officially supported with MRA.

Checked 2026-09-25

DirectAccess forces DNS queries to be tunnelled in to the internal network
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Expressway
Subsystem
sign-in failures
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Cisco Jabber service discovery and sign-in: source note cisco-jabber-service-discovery-fail-directaccess. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cisco-jabber-service-discovery-fail-directaccess

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cisco-jabber-service-discovery-fail-directaccess,
  title  = {Cisco Jabber service discovery and sign-in: source note cisco-jabber-service-discovery-fail-directaccess},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cisco-jabber-service-discovery-fail-directaccess},
  note   = {Source note cisco-jabber-service-discovery-fail-directaccess, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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