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 .

Direct Access troubleshooting & IPv6 reference sheets

For all who are gonna to implement Direct Access either with Windows 2008 R2 or Forefront Unified Access Gateway , here are good sheets that gives a fast and helpful references about IPv6  & Direct Access troubleshooting ; you can have a peek to each of them below

• IPv6 addressing reference

• Direct Access troubleshooting  

You can also get those sheets in .vsd format here 

Publishing Exchange Server 2010 with Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010

A nice white paper by Microsoft describes how to publish Exchange 2010 servers using either TMG or UAG.This white paper provides information about publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 using Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including how to choose between them for different scenarios, and provides specific steps you can take to configure Forefront TMG and Forefront UAG to publish Exchange 2010.

You can download this useful white paper 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 .