I will be presenting at the New Zealand SharePoint Conference for the first time on the 28th and 29th of March 2012. This is a great conference and a must attend event for anyone who works with SharePoint. My presentation will cover publishing SharePoint with Forefront UAG and TMG. Hopefully a few people come along to learn and the presentation runs smoothly! Some details of … Continue reading New Zealand SharePoint Conference
Ever wanted to published SharePoint 2010 externally and found it difficult to understand and even harder to find good documentation? I’ve worked on this particular issue several times in the past few months, so thought it was time to put fingers to keyboard and provide a few tips. These notes cover publishing SharePoint 2010 with either ISA 2006 or Forefront TMG. Before you begin: Commonly … Continue reading SharePoint 2010 and Forefront TMG
Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) automatically installs and configures most of the components required to provide remote access. Details can be found in my EBS 2008 Remote Access article. Forefront TMG is automatically configured during installation to allow the ports listed below to access services in the EBS 2008 environment. If you have an external router or firewall you will need to forward the … Continue reading EBS 2008 Firewall Configuration
Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) is the product formerly known as ISA. TMG is included as a component of EBS 2008 Server and installs on to the Security Server. TMG runs on a 64bit edition of Windows 2008 where ISA only supports 32bit environments. TMG is only available with EBS 2008 currently or as a beta version for other server versions. Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 included ISA 2004, however this option has been removed from SBS 2008. Continue reading Forefront TMG with EBS 2008 overview
In November 2008 Microsoft released a new server software bundle aimed at businesses with up to 300 users. I recently deployed my first Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) and was instantly impressed. EBS 2008 mixes proven technologies like Windows 2008 Server and Exchange 2007 with new technologies Forefront and management tools like System Centre Essentials. Continue reading Essential Business Server 2008 overview
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