14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has made available for download the first service pack for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010. Designed to be the successor of Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, TMG 2010 was made available to customers at the end of 2009. The Redmond company released TMG 2010 to manufacturing in November 2009, and subsequently offered it to customers in December. Now, companies have the opportunity to kick TMG up a notch, by integrating the first upgrade offered by the software giant.
“It is a secure web gateway that allows employees to safely and productively use the Internet without worrying about malware and other threats. TMG provides multiple layers of continuously updated protections against the latest Web-based threats, including URL filtering, AntiMalware inspection, and intrusion prevention,” a member of the Forefront team revealed.
Service Pack 1 brings a few enhancements to TMG 2010, especially related to the product’s reporting and URL filtering capabilities, as well as improvements to Branch Office and SharePoint 2010 support. The service pack is currently up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center, offered at no charge to TMG customers.
The Forefront team representative also enumerated some of the new additions of Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 SP1, including:
“• New user activity reports to monitor Web surfing information; • Improved look and feel for all TMG reports; • User override for access restriction on sites blocked by URL filtering, allowing more flexible and easier deployment of web access policy; • Override for URL categorization at the enterprise level; • Customized site access denial notification pages to fit an organization’s need; • Simplified deployment of BranchCache at the branch office (for Windows Server 2008 R2 users), using Forefront TMG as the Hosted Cache Server; • Forefront TMG and a read-only domain control can be located on the same server, reducing TCO at branch offices; • Support for publishing SharePoint 2010.”
Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is available for download here. Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 RTM is available for download here.