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Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
View All CoursesThis course on Forefront Threat Management Gateway will take you from the planning phases all the way through the implementation and maintenance phases of your company’s security. You'll learn how to install the TMG software, work with monitoring, reporting, and intrusion detection, all of which are vital in today’s always online businesses. To get the most from this course, you should have experience managing Windows Server 2008 and a solid foundation in networking.
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- Introduction
- What We're Building
- About Your Instructor
- About the Course
- Before You Begin
- How to Use the Course
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Corporate Network
- Headquarters Systems Information
- Physical Lab Configuration
- Lab Overview
- What We Learned
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- Introduction
- About Globomantics
- Current Protection Challenges
- Globomantics Cost Structure
- Immediate Needs
- Globomantics Office Locations
- TMG 2010 Project Plan
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Scenario
- What is Forefront TMG?
- Licensing Forefront TMG
- Forefront 2010 Primary Features
- What's New in Forefront TMG 2010?
- What's New in Forefront TMG 2010 SP1?
- What's New in Forefront TMG SP1 Update 1?
- TMG Editions Comparison
- Forefront TMG vs. UAG
- The Globomantics Choice
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Scenario
- TMG Roles
- Software Requirements
- Hardware Requirements
- Deploying TMG to Virtual Machines
- TMG Network Topologies
- Workgroup vs. Domain Deployment
- DNS and TMG
- TMG Security Roles and Permissions
- The Globomantics Choice
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Scenario
- Lab Setup
- Lab Setup Notes
- Pre-installation Steps
- Installing Forefront TMG 2010
- TMG Post-installation State
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Information Prior to Running Getting Started
- Using the Getting Started Wizard
- Running the Web Access Policy Wizard
- Enabling Minimum Access Needs
- Initial Globomantics Communications Diagram
- Client Testing
- Get a Look at the TMG Console
- Managing Networks and Routing
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Scenario
- What Does the TMG Client Provide?
- Enabling Client Support in TMG
- Configuring Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD)
- Installing the TMG Client
- TMG Client Installation Parameters
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Scenario
- The TMG Console Dashboard
- Configuring Alerts
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Windows Performance Monitor and TMG
- Performance Monitor Counters (from Microsoft)
- Using TMG Logs
- Running Reports
- Monitoring with Operations Manager
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Managing TMG Networks
- Web Proxy Authentication Options
- Route vs. NAT
- Rule Types
- Rule Order and Operational Impact
- Firewall Policy Actions
- Rules Management
- TMG Log File Management
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Network Inspection System (NIS) Explained
- How NIS is Updated
- Managing NIS Settings
- Creating Exceptions to NIS Policy
- Testing NIS
- Configuring Behavioral Intrusion Detection
- Behavioral Protection Notes
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globmantics Scenario
- What is Malware Inspection?
- How to Get Malware Inspection
- Malware Inspection License Considerations
- How Does Malware Protection Operate?
- Configuring Malware Inspection Policies
- Excluding Resources from Inspection Rules
- Updating Malware Definitions
- Optimizing the User Experience
- Content Delivery Options
- Microsoft Telemetry Service
- Configuring Malware Options in a Rule
- Globomantics Choices
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- HTTP Filter Purpose
- HTTP Filtering Common Scenarios
- HTTP Policy Settings
- Configuring HTTP Compression
- An Overview of HTTP DiffServ
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- HTTPS Inspection Overview
- Enabling HTTPS Inspection
- Managing the HTTPS Inspection Certificate
- Generating a TMG HTTPSi Certificate
- Excluding Sites from HTTPS Inspection
- Managing Certificate Validation
- Managing User Notification
- Configure HTTPS Inspection for Globomantics
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Linking TMG to Corporate Policy and Compliance
- URL Filtering License Consideration
- How URL Filtering Works
- Managing Existing URL Filters
- Managing URL Filtering Settings
- Enabling SafeSearch Integration
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Managing Web Proxy Settings
- Why Cache Internet Traffic?
- TMG Caching Types
- Configuring Global Cache Settings
- Global Caching Considerations
- Cache Rule Properties
- Globomantics Caching Needs
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Understanding Server Publishing
- Overview of Server Publishing
- Publishing and Network Configuration
- Server Publishing Components
- Applications Filters and Publishing Notes
- Publish an FTP Server
- Publishing a Server
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Creating a Web Publishing Rule
- Authentication Delegation
- Other Web Publishing Details
- Web Server Farm Considerations
- Publish the Globomantics Public Intranet
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Assumptions
- Generate and Satisfy Certificate Request
- Modify Published Directory Properties
- Creating a Rule and Listener to Publish OWA
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Globomantics Scenario
- Understanding VPNs
- Understanding VPN Types
- VPN Considerations
- Enabling and Configuring TMG's VPN Capability
- Configure VPN Client Properties
- Globomantics VPN Needs
- Implementing a VPN Service
- What We Covered
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- Next Steps
Instructor
Scott D. Lowe
Scott is the Founder and Managing Consultant of THE 1610 Group. By night (and sometimes weekends, lunch, and everything in between!) Scott writes technical articles for CNet's TechRepublic, TechTarget, and TechGenix.
For TechRepublic, for whom he has written hundreds of articles, Scott writes weekly in the Servers and Storage area, monthly in the IT Leadership area and in other areas on an ad hoc basis. Scott also writes for TechTarget's SearchCIO-Midmarket site and is the lead author for TechGenix's virtualizationadmin.com site. Scott is the author of O'Reilly's Home Networking: The Missing Manual and a coauthor of Microsoft Press' Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Companion and the MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows Small Business Server 2008 book.
