First of all I’m glad to meet you on the UAG Team blog. My name is Alexey Goldbergs, I’m a Technology Solutions Professional on Security from Microsoft Russia, and I’m going to share with you my experience on SAP NetWeaver Portal publishing through Forefront UAG with single sign-on. You probably know that IAG 2007 has…
Year: 2010
UAG Update 1 is available!
I am happy to announce the availability of Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010, Update 1. UAG Update 1 can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center, here. In addition, UAG Update 1 is also available via the Microsoft Update channel. The accompanying KB article (KB981323) details the contents of the release, is not available at this…
Forefront UAG and ADFS: Better together
Overview: I have been asked on several occasions to compare and contrast ADFS with other Microsoft “Single Sign On” (SSO) technologies, such as Forefront UAG. While these are two very different architectures, they both can provide the same end-user experience, namely logging in once and accessing application after application. Not to go too deep into…
How to publish RemoteApp applications successfully with UAG
A new feature of UAG 2010 is the publishing of a RemoteApp application on a single RDS server or by using an RDS connection broker. You can find the necessary steps to publish RemoteApps in the TechNet library at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441339.aspx. Although this step-by-step guide covers all basic configuration points, you have to consider some more…
Basic troubleshooting steps for UAG DirectAccess
There are many underlying technology pieces that are used in a DirectAccess solution. These include IPv6, IPSec, the DNS Name Resolution Policy Table, UAG’s NAT64/DNS64, and a Network Location Service. Many or all of these are likely to be unfamiliar to you as you embark on learning about DirectAccess, and troubleshooting any problems in this…
Powerful but not-so-obvious benefits of DirectAccess “manage-out” capabilities
Over the past nine months, we have been working with early adopters of UAG DirectAccess as they discover, test, and deploy DirectAccess. One of the things that we are noticing more and more is that there are several aspects of DirectAccess that are not immediately obvious but that turn out to make a real difference…
An unknown error occurred while processing the certificate
This post will discuss an issue that has cropped up a few times when clients try and access an SSL application on a backend server published through Forefront UAG. The issue: A client that is trying to access an SSL application on a backend server (e.g. Exchange) that is published through the Forefront UAG portal…
How to publish Citrix XenApp 5.x with UAG 2010
I recently was engaged by a customer who was having issues publishing Citrix’s XenApp applications, using the web server, via UAG. While we do have some information in the release notes (see Publishing and Authentication), this might be confusing for some and may not work without additional configuration for all versions of Citrix XenApp. The…
What is the "Bind the source IP address to the session" option?
I was recently approached by one of our customers, in search for information about the “Bind the source IP to the session” setting which appears on the Session tab of the Advanced Trunk Configuration window. What does it not do? In order to avoid possible confusion, let’s begin by stating what this option does not…
Forefront Edge Content Newsletter
Issue 1 | March, 2010 | Bi-Monthly Update Forefront Edge in the News Read Andrew Garcia’s review in eWeek on how Microsoft’s Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 addresses many of the enterprise networking shortcomings of DirectAccess: Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Makes DirectAccess Feasible. Highlights from the Worldwide MVP Summit 2010 What’s New at Forefront…