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Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Administrator's Handbook

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Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Administrator's Handbook

Overview of this book

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is the latest in a line of Application Publishing (Reverse Proxy) and Remote Access (VPN) Server products. The broad set of features and technologies integrated into UAG makes for a steep learning curve. Understanding all the features and abilities of UAG is a complex task that can be daunting even to experienced networking and security engineers. This book is the first to be dedicated solely to Microsoft Forefront UAG. It guides you step-by-step throughout all the stages of deployment, from design to troubleshooting. Written by the absolute experts who have taken part of the product’s development, official training and support, this book covers all the primary features of UAG in a friendly style and a manner that is easy to follow. It takes you from the initial planning and design stage, through deployment and configuration, up to maintenance and troubleshooting. The book starts by introducing UAG's features and and abilities, and how your organization can benefit from them. It then goes on to guide you through planning and designing the integration of the product into your own unique environment. Further, the book guides you through the process of publishing the various applications, servers and resources - from simple web applications to complex client/server based applications. It also details the various VPN technologies that UAG provides and how to take full advantage of them. The later chapters of the book educate you with common routine “upkeep” tasks like monitoring, backup and troubleshooting of common issues. Finally, the book includes an introduction to ASP, which some of the product's features are based on, and can help the advanced administrator with enhancing and customizing the product.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Administrator's Handbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant


To make life a little easier, DirectAccess includes a tool called the DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA). This tool can help the users solve certain connectivity problems, and can also collect information that can be used by the administrator to see what's wrong.

Once the DCA is installed on a client computer, it shows an icon on the user's system tray that indicates if DA has connected successfully, or if there's a problem that needs attention. If there is a problem, the tool generates a log, containing details about the problem, and the user can then email the log to you, or to the IT support group, to get help. This log contains the configuration details of the various DA-related components, like the computer's IP configuration, the state of the Teredo, 6to4 and IP-HTTPS interfaces, the firewall policies that are in effect, and even some details about the system, like the list of installed updates, hardware in use and more. The DCA can also...