Compared to many other software products, installing UAG is a simple process. It does not require a lot of of pre-requisite components to be installed or dozens of decisions to be made in the middle of the process. It does, however, require proper planning. We have already discussed how to plan your deployment and we will delve into more detail shortly.
The installation procedure is almost completely automatic. Once run, it will install and configure TMG, the firewall that is the forefront protection for UAG, and then install UAG itself. The installation also installs and configures other components and roles, such as AJAX, Remote Desktop Gateway, Network Load Balancing, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (also known as ADLDS), Network Policy Server, and a few others. The installation itself rarely fails, though it does take a significant amount of time—typically half an hour, but in some cases, as much as two full hours. Once it has completed,...