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DNS Server service refuse name resolution on Windows Server 2008 R2

Published Fri, Jan 6 2012 11:54 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

It has been already from nearly two years ago, that under certain circumstances DNS Server service on Windows Server 2008 R2 refuse to resolve internet domain name addresses. This issue occurs if Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Server is used without forwarders...

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, SharePoint, TMG, UAG, Remote Desktop Services, ISA Server, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft Provisioning Services, WSUS, UM, OCS, Active Directory, PKI, Forefront, Network Services, Outlook, DNS, Windows Client, Security, Windows Live Essentials, Internet Explorer, IIS, SonicWall

Forefront TMG will not be continued

Published Fri, May 27 2011 19:21 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

Microsoft confirmed to Gardner recently, that the Microsoft Forefront Thread Management Gateway will not continue with a new full version. Not to continue with an edge protection solution, should be based on a strategic decision at Microsoft, not to compete...

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, SharePoint, DirectAccess, TMG, UAG, Remote Desktop Services, ISA Server, Forefront, Network Services, Outlook, Security

TMG SP1 Rollups are not cummulative [Update]

Published Mon, May 2 2011 15:37 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

[Update] Starting with Rollup 4 you get them all cummulative. TMG SP2 can be applied for TMG SP1 with Update 1 and covers all too. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27603 […] Be aware, that rollups for Forefront TMG 2010 SP1 are not...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, TMG, ISA Server, Forefront, Network Services, Security

Secure Access to your Cloud Services

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 17:06 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

Moving to the Cloud is going on and so we will have more and more On-Premise and Cloud environments living site by site. Securing access to Cloud Services will be more relevant for the future. A great article on this topic has been published by Yuri Diogenes...

Filed under: General, SQL, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Hyper-V, SharePoint, Mobile, System Center, SCVMM, DirectAccess, TMG, ISA Server, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Managed Services, Microsoft Provisioning Services, Office, UM, OCS, Migration, PKI, Certificate Service, Forefront, Virtualization, Network Services, File Services, Outlook, High Availability, Business Intelligence, Dynamics, CRM, DNS, Windows Client, BizTalk, Security, SCOM, SCCM, SCMDM, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Computing, Internet Explorer

Configure the Forefront TMG 2010 to allow DPM 2010 communication

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 14:55 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

The DPM agent uses various ports and protocols to connect with the DPM server. The Forefront TMG needs to be configured to allow the DPM server to communicate through those ports. The complete list of ports that are used by DPM are documented at the Microsoft...

Filed under: General, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Hyper-V, SharePoint, System Center, Disaster Recovery, Backup, TMG, ISA Server, Data Protection Manager, Forefront, Virtualization, File Services, Security

Running, Filtering and Saving Scans in Best Practise Analyzer

Published Sat, Sep 25 2010 13:39 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

Who knows the Best Practise Analyzer for Exchange (ExBPA) is already familiar exporting scan results to other file formats to save or achive. The Best Practise Analyzer (BPA) coming with Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Roles doesn’t have this opportunity...

Filed under: General, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Services, ISA Server, Tools, Active Directory, PKI, Certificate Service, Forefront, Network Services, File Services, BPA, DNS, DFS, Security

More Performance with SMBv2x on Windows and NetApp

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 19:22 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

NetApp has prepared an interesting performance test with new SMBv2.x available with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. The NetApp OnTap operating system has already been updated to support SMBv2. Find here the result figures about performance increase...

Filed under: General, SQL, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, SharePoint, Disaster Recovery, Backup, ISA Server, Hosting, Managed Services, Office, OCS, Data Protection Manager, Migration, Active Directory, Forefront, Virtualization, Network Services, File Services, NetApp, High Availability, Navision, Business Intelligence, CRM, Windows Client, DFS, BizTalk, Opalis

Update Center for Microsoft Forefront and Related Technologies

Published Fri, Sep 3 2010 10:37 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

Microsoft has launched the Update Center for Microsoft Forefront and Related Technologies where you can now go and check for the latest updates related to any Forefront product. The site is located at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/forefront/ff899332...

Filed under: General, Exchange, SharePoint, TMG, UAG, ISA Server, Forefront, Security

How to Request a Certificate with a custom Subject Alternative Name

Published Fri, Apr 23 2010 10:08 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

Today many servers require some sort of SSL certificate to be deployed and in many cases custom names are involved. So you need SAN certificates when you deploy Exchange 2007 or 2010 and it is a good choice to use SAN certificate when you use ISA Server...

Filed under: Exchange, DirectAccess, TMG, UAG, Remote Desktop Services, ISA Server, PKI, Certificate Service, Forefront

Microsoft Forefront LinkedIn Group

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 8:30 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

This group is for Microsoft security products specialists. If you work with any of the Forefront products ISA/IAG/TMG/UAG/FCS/FSS/FIM/RMS..., this is the group to be in. Join now here If you are running a Forefront User Group, feel free to post your dates...

Filed under: DirectAccess, TMG, UAG, ISA Server, Forefront