In this blog I will describe how you work with network routes in Forefront TMG Medium Business Edition and Forefront TMG 2010. That is, routes as found in the IP routing table… The problem Imagine that you just installed your Forefront TMG Server (either Medium Business Edition or 2010). You run step one of the…
Year: 2010
Compiling Forefront TMG 2010 SDK Samples
The Software Development Kit (SDK) for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 is available for download from the Microsoft download center here. We have received a number of questions about issues compiling the SDK samples and wanted to share a few tips with you. Preparing Your Environment When compiling the SDK with Visual Studio 2008/2005,…
Forefront TMG 2010 Email Protection Updates
First I would like to start this post by emphasizing a recently article that was published at Tales from the Edge, that explains how to configure Exchange Sync with Forefront TMG 2010, here it is the link for it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee513174.aspx. Also I want to remind you about the supported scenarios with Forefront TMG 2010 and…
Forefront TMG 2010 Web Protection Services Licensing
Introduction Forefront TMG 2010 adds two new subscription-based features, known collectively as Forefront TMG Web Protection Services (WPS). These features include URL Filtering (URLF) and Anti-Malware or Enhanced Malware Protection (AM or EMP). One thing that makes these features unique within Forefront TMG is that they are licensed separately from Forefront TMG itself. This blog…
Announcing the availability of TMG Best Practices Analyzer Version 8
I am happy to announce to the community that the next version of Forefront TMG Best Practices Analyzer Tool (TmgBPA version 8) has been released and is now publicly available. TmgBPA is used by TMG administrators to verify proper configuration, and to help troubleshoot TMG-related issues. TmgBPA is also used for collecting all the relevant…
Tips and Tricks – ISA Data Packager Fails to Start
When troubleshooting ISA Server one of the most common procedures in order to understand what is happening behind the scenes is to use the ISA Data Packager tool, which is part of the ISA Best Practices Analyzer, also known as ISABPA. This tool collects data like network traces, configuration state, event logs and ISA configuration….
Forefront TMG Administrator’s Companion Goes to the Printers
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/01/13/forefront-tmg-2010-administrator-s-companion-sample-chapters.aspx If you didn’t know, Forefront TMG 2010 is the subject of a new Administrator’s Companion from Microsoft Press.This book has been sent to the printer and is expected to be found on the shelves in mid-February 2010. If you haven’t yet, go pre-order yours at Amazon.com. Jim Harrison, PM, FF Edge CS
SCOM pack for Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 has been released
As we go through the final steps related to the release of Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (TMG), it is our pleasure to announce the availability of the official (final) management pack (SCOM pack) for TMG. To read more about the content of this management pack, see our previous blog post here. The released version,…
Hardware recommendations for Forefront TMG 2010
In this post, we discuss the hardware recommendations for Forefront TMG, based on the number of users and deployment scenario. Enabling different features on Forefront TMG carries different costs. When considering the hardware required for your deployment, take into account the projected growth of your organization and the Internet’s increasing bandwidth demands. The recommendations that…
Scripting URL overrides in Forefront TMG
You can use Forefront TMG scripting capabilities to allow non-TMG administrators to locally override a URL (enabling advanced help-desk scenarios). Here’s a script snippet that demonstrates adding www.contoso.com/* to the Anonymizers category: set fpc = CreateObject("FPC.Root") set arr = fpc.GetContainingArray set overrides = arr.ArrayPolicy.WebProxy.UrlFilteringSettings.OverridingUrlCategories overrides.Add "www.contoso.com/*", 2 arr.save As you can see, the Add…