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Disabling time synchronization between guest and host in Microsoft Virtual PC
Microsoft Virtual PC synchronizes the time between the guest and host operating systems. This is great until you have the need to set the clock forward or backwards in your VM, as it snaps back to the...
View ArticleMicrosoft to announce Beta 3 for Threat Management Gateway (the new ISA Server)
It sounds like Threat Management Gateway (TMG), the new re-branded version of ISA Server, has been a popular topic at this years TechEd event in the US. According to the latest blog from TMG’s Product...
View ArticleForefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 Now available
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog regarding Microsoft’s upcoming Beta 3 release of Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) which will be replacing Microsoft ISA server. Well, it’s now been...
View ArticleConvert Microsoft ISA 2006 MSDE logs to WebSpy compatible text logs
Some customers have experienced issues converting their ISA MSDE logs to text using Microsoft’s MSDEToText.vbs script for ISA 2006 (available at...
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Exciting New Features in Vantage Update 2.2.0.10
Attention all Vantage customers (and evaluators). We’ve just released build 2.2.0.10 as an auto-update. This build includes support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, and new features...
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Microsoft Forefront TMG Release Candidate now available
Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Release Candidate (RC). This is the final public release of TMG before it is made available to purchase....
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WebSpy on Windows 7
Now that Microsoft have officially released the long awaited Windows 7 Operating System, I thought I’d write a quick blog on WebSpy’s current support for Windows 7. Supported on Windows 7 The following...
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Microsoft TMG and UAG Released! What is the difference?
Most of our customers using Microsoft ISA server are probably aware by now that Microsoft have released the new version of ISA server, which is now re-branded as Microsoft Forefront Threat Management...
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Universal Log File Analyzer
WebSpy analyze and report on different types of log files, from different types of network and security devices (such as web servers, web proxy servers, email server, event logs, firewalls, switches,...
View Article8 Reasons NOT to Use Microsoft Forefront TMG’s Reporting
I’ve been having a look through the reporting functionality included in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway to find that not much has changed from ISA Server 2006. There is some new...
View ArticleVantage Update 2.2.0.27 – Fix for Microsoft FTMG SQL Import
Our support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is quite new and we’ve just fixed a couple of issues in build 2.2.0.27. In particular, this update fixes the “specified cast invalid error”...
View ArticleVantage Update 2.2.0.43
We’ve just released an auto update for WebSpy Vantage (Premium, Giga and Ultimate) as well as the Web Module. This is a great update for Vantage Ultimate users as we’ve introduced a new feature/tab...
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Website Categorization – Assessing Productivity
Security and Threat Management solutions, such as Microsoft Forefront TMG, IronPort and Blue Coat, use predefined URL categorization to simplify blocking and filtering management. Different security...
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Why there is so much anonymous traffic in Microsoft TMG and ISA logs
One of the most common questions we get asked by users of Microsoft TMG and ISA is why there is so much traffic attributed to the Anonymous user. Even though unauthenticated access to the web has been...
View ArticleTips from TMG Expert: Changing WebSpy Vantage Scheduled Task Recurrence Interval
Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront TMG users are probably familiar with isaserver.org’s informative news articles, tutorials, blogs and forums. I just wanted to bring your attention to one of...
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Microsoft Forefront TMG logs size fields the wrong way around
If you’re using Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, there is a bug in the logging that causes Bytes Sent and Bytes Received to be logged in reverse. This seems to only affect the Web Proxy...
View ArticleVantage Update 2.2.0.50 (Juniper SA, Forefront Protection and more)
We have just released an auto update for the Vantage range of applications. This update includes support for the Juniper SA series and Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange 2010. Here’s the full...
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Watch your TMG’s waist line. Switch log format and reduce fat now!
We often recommend customers using Microsoft ISA or TMG switch their logging to W3C text file, in order to get the best possible import speed, and also because the text logs are much easier to access...
View ArticleMicrosoft TMG SQL to Text Script
Microsoft Forefront TMG logs activity to it’s internal SQL Express database. In addition to the extra steps you need to perform to access this database from a remote server, importing data into Vantage...
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