Step 6: Creating a Web Listener on the Forefront TMG Server

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

To configure the RD Gateway server and Forefront TMG server for HTTPS-HTTP bridging or for HTTPS-HTTPS bridging, you must create a Web listener on the Forefront TMG server.

Use the following procedure to create a new Web listener for Forefront TMG server.

To create a new Web listener on the Microsoft Forefront Server

  1. On the Forefront TMG server, open Forefront TMG Management. To open Forefront TMG Management, click Start, point to All Programs, click Microsoft Forefront TMG, and then click Forefront TMG Management.

  2. On the Welcome to Forefront TMG Wizard page, click Close.

  3. In the Getting Started Wizard window, click Yes.

  4. In the Forefront TMG console tree, expand Forefront TMG (TMG-Srv), and then click Firewall Policy.

  5. Click the Toolbox tab, click New, and then click Web Listener.

  6. On the Welcome to the New Web Listener Wizard page, in the Web listener name box, type RDGatewayWebListener, and then click Next.

  7. On the Client Connection Security page, verify Require SSL secured connections with clients is selected, and then click Next.

  8. On the Web Listener IP Addresses page, under Listen for incoming Web request on these networks, click Internal, and then click Select IP Addresses.

  9. On the Internal Network Listener IP Selection page, click Specified IP addresses on the Forefront TMG computer in the selected network, under Available IP Addresses, click 10.0.0.13, click Add, and then click OK.

  10. On the Web Listener IP Addresses page, click Next.

  11. On the Listener SSL Certificates page, click Select Certificate.

  12. In the Select Certificate window, click Select.

  13. On the Listener SSL Certificates page, click Next.

  14. On the Authentication Settings page, in the Select how clients will provide credentials to Forefront TMG drop-down list, click No Authentication, and then click Next.

  15. On the Single Sign On Settings page, click Next.

  16. On the Completing the New Web Listener Wizard page, confirm that the correct settings are specified, and then click Finish.

  17. In the Forefront TMG console, click Apply to save changes and update the configuration.

  18. In the Configuration Change Description window, for the Change description, type Create Web Listener for RD Gateway, and then click Apply.

  19. In the Save Configuration Changes window, the update progress will be noted.

  20. In the Save Configuration Changes window, verify that the configuration updates were saved, and then click OK.

You have created a Web listener on the Forefront TMG server, TMG-SRV. Now you can proceed to Step 7: Creating a Web Publishing Rule on the Forefront TMG Server.