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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

About the Reviewers

Ben Bernstein is a senior program manager with the Microsoft UAG DirectAccess development team. Ben has worked for Microsoft since 2001, and has held several software development and leadership positions. During his time with Microsoft, Ben has been deeply involved with the development of many of Microsoft's security product suites, including ISA 2004, ISA 2006, TMG, and UAG. Ben often speaks at conferences and public events related to information security and holds a BA and MBA degrees from the The Interdisciplinary Center and Technion Institute in Israel.

Dennis E. Lee is a noted network security expert specializing in Microsoft Forefront Security products. His journey in technology began as soon as he was able to take apart his old electronic toys. Self-taught in the art of web design, he used the Internet as a forum to foster discussion on topics such as computer self-help, graphic design, and programming. That led him into network security in which he actively attends community events and contributes to many different forums and blogs. As a consultant for Celestix Networks, Inc., Dennis travels the globe designing security solutions for organizations of all sizes. Whether it's a startup or global organization, he thrives on the opportunity to help the world do its job better. Checking out the local cuisine in all the places he visits is cool too. He wants you to read this book because while he enjoys traveling, it's unlikely that he'll be able to get to everyone in the world and believes that this book will guide you on how to build the most secure remote access solution using UAG.

Dominik Zemp is a technical solutions specialist for Microsoft' security solutions and has worked in the security market since 2004. He is going to graduate in February 2011 from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts with a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology specialization in Software Systems. He has served as network engineer, system engineer, and security consultant. He uses Microsoft's Forefront and security products on a daily basis and is specialized in Microsoft's Identity and Access Management solutions such as Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010.