Category Archives: Forefront TMG and UAG

Publishing Exchange 2010 with Forefront UAG 2010 and Forefront TMG 2010

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Posted by Christian Pedersen on July 19, 2010 – 18:17
Filed under Exchange 2010, Forefront TMG and UAG

Allowing access to corporate resources from any location, perhaps using devices that are not controlled by the organization, presents additional risk to the security of the data and services being accessed. Therefore it’s critical to take measures to ensure that the data is being accessed securely, which means implementing technologies such as certificates, firewalls, enforcing pre-authentication, and device or endpoint validation. This white paper provides detailed information about publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 using Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including how to choose between them for different scenarios, and provides specific steps you can take to configure Forefront TMG and Forefront UAG to publish Exchange 2010.

This white paper provides information about publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 using Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including how to choose between them for different scenarios, and provides specific steps you can take to configure Forefront TMG and Forefront UAG to publish Exchange 2010.

Download the whitepaper here

Forefront TMG Service Pack 1 released

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Posted by Christian Pedersen on June 25, 2010 – 10:45
Filed under Forefront TMG and UAG
The service pack includes the following new features and feature improvements:

New Reports
• The new User Activity report displays the sites and site categories accessed by any user.
• All Forefront TMG reports have a new look and feel.

Enhancements to URL Filtering
• You can now allow users to override the access restriction on sites blocked by URL filtering. This allows for a more flexible web access policy, in that users can decide for themselves whether to access a blocked site. This is especially useful for websites that have been incorrectly categorized.
• You can now override the categorization of a URL on the enterprise level; the override is then effective for each enterprise-joined array.
• Denial notification pages can now be customized for your organization’s needs.

Enhanced Branch Office Support
• Collocation of Forefront TMG and a domain controller on the same server, which can help reduce the total cost of ownership at branch offices.
• When installed on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 simplifies the deployment of BranchCache at the branch office, using Forefront TMG as the Hosted Cache server.

Support for publishing SharePoint 2010
• Forefront TMG SP1 supports secure publishing of SharePoint 2010.

To read the release notes, see the Release Notes for Forefront TMG 2010 SP1

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Forefront TMG 2010 troubleshooting flowcharts

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Posted by Christian Pedersen on March 2, 2010 – 21:56
Filed under Forefront TMG and UAG

The following Troubleshooting Web access protection topics was recently released to Forefront TMG 2010 TechNet documentation, including troubleshooting flowcharts, diagnostics, and resolutions to various issues:

Troubleshooting URL filtering—This topic provides guidance for diagnosing and resolving URL filtering common issues, and a flowchart to help you troubleshoot and resolve the following issues:

  • Incorrect or unknown site categorization.
  • Failure to prevent access to blocked sites.
  • Inconsistent access based on IP address.

Troubleshooting NIS—This topic provides guidance for diagnosing and resolving issues you may encounter with the Forefront TMG Network Inspection System (NIS) feature, including:

  • NIS troubleshooting flow
  • Troubleshooting NIS signature update failure
  • Troubleshooting NIS detection issues