Customizing the mobile device xHTML FBA page to allow password change

In this article I want to provide a quick guide, about how to modify the xHTML F(orm) B(ased) A(uthentication) page the client will receive, when it is connecting to a site published with FBA through ISA server 2006 using a mobile Client, e.g. running Windows Mobile. Every time a client connects to the ISA server…


Email Protection in Forefront TMG 2010 Release Candidate

Hello Community: As you probably know, Forefront TMG introduced the E-mail Protection feature in Beta 3. Since then we’ve made significant improvements based on our plans and your feedback. I’d like to go over the basics of installing Forefront TMG and the additional components necessary for e-mail protection, and point you to the relevant links…


TMG Customer ID for Reputation Services

In a previous blog entry, we announced the availability of the Microsoft Reputation Services Feedback and Error Reporting Portal (beta). The portal’s purpose is to allow anyone the ability to provide feedback to Microsoft on URL classifications. When a block page is presented to the end user, Forefront TMG includes a link offering the opportunity…


Forefront TMG Client

Hello Everyone: I would like to introduce the new Forefront TMG Client (formerly known as Firewall Client). As you might have noticed, we have changed the component’s name. This was done in order to emphasize the point that it is part of the Forefront family of products.   New functionality added: HTTPS Inspection notification: When…


Creating a Web Access Policy for Your Organization

Forefront TMG introduces the Web Access Policy Wizard to help you create Web access rules and Web protection settings for your organization. You can launch the wizard from the completion page of the Getting Started wizard, or by navigating to the Web Access Policy node and selecting the Configure Web Access Policy option. Note that…


Management Pack for Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release Candidate Now Available

We are happy to announce the availability of the Management Pack (MP) for the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Release Candidate. As a response to your feedback, we enhanced the management pack, to increase its coverage and usability. While the previous release monitored and managed some of Forefront TMG’s features, we are now monitoring…


Issues after updating the ISA Management console on a Windows Vista/7 client

Issues after updating the ISA Management console on a Windows Vista/7 client If you start the Management console after installing an ISA update or service pack, regardless if you updated it via Windows Update or by manually downloading/installing a hotfix, you may the following Error Message: Looking in the Application Event log on your client…


Forefront TMG and BranchCache: Which should I deploy in my organization?

Branch offices are often connected to a corporate headquarters or corporate data center to access Line of Business (LOB) applications via a WAN link. Depending on the deployment, branch offices may connect directly to the Internet, or indirectly via the WAN link. WAN links can be slow, so organizations often look for ways to optimize…


Error 500 “Not Supported” while browsing Internet through ISA Server 2006

1. Introduction   This post is about a specific condition that can triggers the “Not Supported” error while browsing some web sites through ISA Server. The error message that the end users receives is similar to the one shown below:       The ISA Diagnostic Logging will not say much beyond that but if…


TMG Client introduces automatic detection using Active Directory

1. Introduction   The new TMG Client that is available on TMG 2010 is now capable of performing automatic discovery using a record that resides on Active Directory. TMG Client still able to use the traditional methods (DHCP / DNS) for automatic discovery, the difference now is that if both options are enabled on UI…