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Posts Tagged ‘Forefront’

Microsoft Forefront TMG logs size fields the wrong way around

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

If you’re using Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, there is a bug in the logging that causes Bytes Sent and Bytes Received to be logged in reverse. This seems to only affect the Web Proxy logs – both SQL and W3c . We noticed in a few web reports, that people were generally uploading a lot more than they were downloading. So we checked the logs and verified the buggy behavior: (more…)


Vantage Update 2.2.0.27 – Fix for Microsoft FTMG SQL Import

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Our support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is quite new and we’ve just fixed a couple of issues in build 2.2.0.27. In particular, this update fixes the “specified cast invalid error” that occurs when importing the Web Proxy database logs.

Check your version in Help | About. If you are running 2.2.0.27 or above, then you already have this update. If not, make sure you update to your software by selecting Tools | Check for updates.


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…)


Microsoft TMG and UAG Released! What is the difference?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Most of our customers using Microsoft ISA server are probably aware by now that Microsoft have released the new version of ISA server, which is now re-branded as Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). In addition to this, Microsoft has also re-branded its Internet Access Gateway (IAG) to Unified Access Gateway (UAG).
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Microsoft Forefront TMG Release Candidate now available

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Release Candidate (RC). This is the final public release of TMG before it is made available to purchase.

If you’re considering upgrading your ISA Server to TMG, this means that you can start your deployment using the Release Candidate, and simply switch it to a licensed version with no additional configuration changes once the full release is available. (more…)


Exciting New Features in Vantage Update 2.2.0.10

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Attention all Vantage customers (and evaluators). We’ve just released build 2.2.0.10 as an auto-update. This build includes support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, and new features such as scheduled ‘data purge’ and scheduling CSV imports into your Organizational structure.

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