Forefront TMG Product Team Blog
New rollups released for TMG 2010 and ISA 2006
We would like to inform you that we have released two new rollups. Forefront Threat...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 12/29/2010
Quick Tip: Understanding TMG Client 64 bits Behavior
Have you ever wondered why Forefront TMG Client processes (FwcAgent.exe, FwcMgmt.exe) show up on...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 12/28/2010
Reasons to Migrate from ISA Server 2006 to Forefront TMG 2010
We know there are many customers who are extremely happy with ISA Server 2006 and have been putting...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 12/26/2010
UI Search in TMG
Introduction UI Search is a TMG feature designed to help administrators instantly filter Firewall...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 12/22/2010
TMG2010 site-to-site VPN fails to dial with error 913 (A Remove Access Client attempted to connect over a port that was reserved for Routers only)
Scenario When configuring site-to-site (S2S) VPN networks, you may notice that the VPN tunnel...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 12/07/2010
Windows Update fails for some workstations behind TMG when using WPAD
Introduction This post is about a recent scenario where TMG Administrator was receiving complains...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/30/2010
Support for NLB on VLAN Tagged or Teamed Network Adapters
One of the most common questions we get is about TMG’s support for NIC Teaming and VLAN tagging with...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/30/2010
NIS Signature Types (or why some signatures are disabled by default)
NIS Signature set released last month (8.32) contained 4 signatures that were disabled by default:...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/30/2010
When accessing TMG report hosted on IIS, images are not displayed
Consider the following scenario: You have configured reporting with TMG, and you have published the...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/24/2010
“No network adapters could be identified” error when choosing a network template in TMG
Introduction Some of our customers have experienced the problem described below when doing the...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/19/2010
Unable to join to TMG EMS Array with error: 0xC0040431
Introduction Consider a scenario where TMG Admin reinstalled TMG Enterprise Edition after a hardware...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/16/2010
Common Q&A about TMG URL Filtering database
URL filtering is one of Forefront TMG’s most popular features. The feature makes use of a...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/15/2010
Case sensitivity of ISA/TMG generated proxy auto configuration (pac) files
Scenario From time to time we come across cases where customers complain that the proxy exception...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/10/2010
Unable to Fail Over from one TMG node to another when using NLB in a Virtual Environment
Introduction This post is about a scenario where TMG Administrator was trying to simulate a failover...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/04/2010
Outlook Anywhere and ActiveSync Http Filter Configuration
Here are the ISA Server/Forefront TMG HTTP Policy settings I use for ECP, OAB and Autodiscover....
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 11/01/2010
Understanding Performance Impact of Fast Trickling Option on TMG 2010
Introduction When the EMP feature is enabled, TMG will accumulate data downloaded by the client and...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 10/20/2010
TMG is Unable to Listen on Port 80 (no IIS was not installed)
Introduction Consider the scenario where a TMG 2010 Server is installed as Hyper-V guest on a...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 10/15/2010
The Exchange Edge default Receive connector gets unexpectedly disabled even though the Email policy is not configured
Scenario You have installed Forefront TMG 2010, Exchange 2010 Edge role and Forefront Protection for...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 10/15/2010
The « test rule » button fails with error “Failed to get domain controller name for this published server”
Background: I recently dealt with a support case exhibiting the below issue. My customer was...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 10/14/2010
How to determine which version of TMG 2010 is installed
Last week Tarek Majdalani, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, posted an article about...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 10/11/2010
TMG Reports stop working after installing TMG 2010 SP1
This post is about an issue that might occur after you install Forefront TMG 2010 SP1 and Reports...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 10/04/2010
Expect the unexpected… Failed Connection 995 and 64 with SSL Traffic
When speaking with customers, we hear a lot of questions around “unexpected” errors like “Failed...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/30/2010
Forefront TMG/UAG Help Wanted at Microsoft in Reading, UK and Munich, Germany
The Microsoft TMG/UAG Server support teams in Reading and Munich are looking to hire a Full Time...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/29/2010
Unable to download files through Forefront TMG 2010 when Malware Inspection is Enabled
- Introduction Enhanced Malware Protection (EMP) is the mechanism that Forefront TMG uses to block...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/28/2010
New Forefront TMG Books
Exciting times in the world of Forefront TMG literature! In English: Deploying Microsoft Forefront...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/22/2010
New in Forefront TMG Update 1: SafeSearch Enforcement
Forefront TMG can now automatically block adult text, images, and videos from search results by...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/21/2010
New in Forefront TMG Update 1: Multiple URL Categories
When Forefront TMG queries MRS for a URL categorization, the result may include multiple categories...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/21/2010
Software Update 1 for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1 now available for download
We are happy to announce the availability of Software Update 1 for Microsoft Forefront TMG SP1. This...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/20/2010
Valuable mappings for TMG logging into an external database
After you configure TMG to log into a SQL database, you may have noticed, that some logging fields...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/20/2010
Forefront TMG 2010 SDK Documentation
The Forefront TMG SDK documentation is live on MSDN. This is the most up-to-date release of the...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/19/2010
Unable to download files larger than 4GB through ISA 200x – works fine in TMG
Recently we’ve seen some cases where users were unable to download files larger than 4GB when they...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/16/2010
Forefront TMG/UAG Help Wanted at Microsoft in Stockholm
The Microsoft TMG/UAG Server support team in Stockholm is looking to hire a Full Time Employee. If...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/15/2010
TMG Quick Tip: Unable to Join a TMG to an Existing Array
On this TMG quick tip the troubleshooting scenario is very straight forward, consider the following:...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/13/2010
Clients are unable to access shares on a remote network when using TMG as VPN Server in a Site to Site Scenario
Recently I came across a scenario where we had a PPTP Site-to-Site VPN between two TMG servers. We...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/08/2010
Easy Migration of WebSense Settings in Forefront TMG 2010
Customers who have an existing Websense® installation and want to move to Forefront Threat...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/07/2010
Update Center for Microsoft Forefront and Related Technologies
Have you ever wondered what is the latest public hotfix or update available for ISA, IAG, TMG or...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/02/2010
Problems when installing Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 on a TMG configured for Mail protection
TMG can be configured in a Mail protection role. In such configurations Forefront Protection for...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 09/01/2010
Crashes (svchost and Internet Explorer) while accessing Internet through ISA Server
Introduction This post is about two scenarios which involved ISA server and third party content...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/28/2010
Hyper-V Update
Today, the Hyper-V team released a few important Hyper-V updates in a single package via...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/24/2010
Unable to Receive E-Mails from the Internet using E-Mail Protection feature on Forefront TMG 2010
Introduction E-Mail Protection feature on TMG is one of the features that allows TMG to leverage...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/23/2010
Resolving TMG Array Join Failures - Reporting Server Leftovers
Introduction Forefront TMG 2010 provides an enhanced array management feature known as array join /...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/22/2010
Understanding a scenario where TMG drops the packet as spoofed even when the source IP doesn’t belong to the internal network
- Introduction The core TMG behavior (which is the same on ISA) for handling spoofed packets is...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/18/2010
Reporting improvements in Forefront TMG SP1
Forefront TMG SP1 includes some significant improvements to the reporting functionality: - New...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/15/2010
TMG 2010 SP1: Cannot publish a website through TMG server when using any port except port 80
Introduction Cannot create a weblistener using any port other then 80 for non-ssl website publishing...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/12/2010
Unable to authenticate using FBA with LDAP on ISA Server 2006
Introduction Consider a scenario where users are not able to authenticate using FBA with LDAP to...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/05/2010
More than one L2TP VPN connection from behind a NAT device fails with error 809 when TMG 2010 has been configured as a VPN Server
Introduction Consider a scenario where a TMG administrator has configured their TMG Server 2010...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/04/2010
Different HTTPS exclusion mechanisms
Introduction Forefront TMG 2010 introduced a feature called HTTPS inspection, which allows...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/04/2010
TMG URL Filtering category precedence
Introduction Forefront TMG 2010 introduced URL filtering, which enables administrators to create...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/03/2010
New in Forefront TMG SP1: Redirect on Deny with dynamic parameters
Introduction While acting as proxy, Forefront TMG can allow or deny Web traffic originating from the...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/01/2010
Announcement: Updates to “How to Configure ISA SSL Bridging for System Center Configuration Manager Internet-Based Client Management”
The ISA documentation How to Configure ISA SSL Bridging for System Center Configuration Manager...
Author: Ori Yosefi - MSFT Date: 08/01/2010