Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) popularity is starting to pick up. WebSpy added support for analyzing and reporting on TMG logs even before the public release and have been improving our compatibility ever since.
Archive for the ‘How To’ Category
Dedicated WebSpy and Forefront TMG pages – Everything you need to know about TMG Log Reporting
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
How and When WebSpy Vantage’s Web Server Reporting Beats Google Analytics
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
I’m actually not trying to compare WebSpy Vantage with Google Analytics (GA), it’s like comparing apples and oranges. Both solutions provide powerful ways of tracking how visitors find your site and how they navigate through it, ideally giving you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. However, GA is a pure web analytics tool and comes with additional resources on optimizing AdWords campaigns, click-able heat maps, goal conversions, interactive tips and much more. The fact that GA is free for everyone to use makes it pretty compelling as well.
Web Module Update Errors and Workaround
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
We have just issued an automatic update for the Vantage range of products, including Vantage Ultimate and the Web Module.
Unfortunately there are two issues with the Web Module auto update process. Everyone on a 64 bit operating system will encounter issue #1 (Unable to locate installation location), and some of you may encounter issue #2 (System.IO.FileLoadException).
This article describes the errors and how to work around them to successfully update the Web Module. (more…)
Soho Alpha Release – Issues and Workarounds
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
It’s been a crazy few weeks but we’ve finally managed to get the first release of WebSpy Soho out the door.
For those that don’t know what Soho is all about, check out this video: (more…)
8 Reasons NOT to Use Microsoft Forefront TMG’s Reporting
Monday, February 8th, 2010
I’ve been having a look through the reporting functionality included in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway to find that not much has changed from ISA Server 2006. There is some new information regarding the newly implemented URL categorization and threat management technology, but there is very little flexibility or customization for those with reporting requirements beyond general overviews cluttered with irrelevant information. (more…)
