Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Service Pack 2 released

Today , Microsoft released Unified Access Gateway ( UAG ) Service Pack 2 . Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Service Pack Two (SP2) provides a number of new features, including support for more devices; AD FS 2.0 multi-namespace support; integration of Unified Access Gateway SP1 Update1 and Security Update for Unified Access Gateway 2010 Service Pack 1 Update 1.

You can download the UAG SP2 bits from here , read about what’s new in UAG SP2 here and finally how to do UAG SP2 installation here .

Rollup 2 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2 is here

Microsoft released rollup 2 for Forefront TMG 2010 ; here is the list of the issues that are fixed in this rollup package:

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FIX: "Access is denied" status error when you use a delegated user account to try to monitor services in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010

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FIX: A server that is running Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 may randomly stop processing incoming traffic

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FIX: connectivity verifier that uses the "HTTP request" connection method may not detect when a web server comes back online in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010

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FIX: The Firewall service may intermittently crash when it processes client web proxy requests in a Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 environment

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FIX: Error message when you try to join a Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 server to an array: "The Operation Failed. Error code - 0x80070002 - the system cannot find the file specified"

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FIX: The Firewall service may stop responding to all traffic on a server that is running Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010

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FIX: Dynamic Caching may incorrectly delete recently cached objects from a caching server that is running Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 or Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006

Read more and download it from here

Implementing Forefront Unified Access Gateway ramp up

Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 (UAG) delivers comprehensive, secure remote access to corporate resources for employees, partners, and vendors on both managed and un-managed PCs and mobile devices. Utilizing a combination of connectivity options, ranging from SSL VPN to Direct Access, as well as built in configurations and policies, Forefront UAG provides centralized and easy management of your organization's complete anywhere access offering.

 

Integrating a deep understanding of the applications published, the state of health of the devices being used to gain access, and the user's identity – Forefront UAG enforces granular access controls and policies to deliver comprehensive remote access, ensure security, and reduce management costs and complexity.

With UAG you get the following benefits :

• Anywhere Access

• Integrated Security

• Simplified Management

This ramp up consist of ten modules , includes articles , presentations , videos and also virtual labs to prepare you to design and deploy remote access solutions using Forefront UAG .