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Coming soon - UAG Video Course!

Posted 6 days ago

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I just finished recording a new UAG video course, which will be published by my regular publisher PACKT in about two weeks. The course is comprised of 40 lessons, 3 minutes each, covering various UAG topics including: Introduction to UAG and what it does...
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What’s the deal with “Public host name”?

Posted 1 month ago

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As you may have noticed, some of the application templates in UAG have a setting for a “public host name”…like this: This is known as an “application specific hostname”, or A.S.H for short. You can find this option in the Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010...
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Java connection problems with tunneled applications

Posted 1 month ago

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Guest post by Raúl Moros Peña, a senior UAG consultant from Spain We ran into an issue when publishing IBM HOD via UAG. HOD (Host On-Demand ) is an IBM product to connect to 3270 mainframes. HOD needs no client software because the terminal emulation...
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What is HAT, and how does it work?

Posted 1 month ago

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One of the most important things that UAG does is the host-address translation, also known as HAT. This is visible as a long alpha-numeric string of characters that is part of URLs seen on the client when using UAG. It’s important to understand how this...
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The UAG Customization book is out!

Posted 3 months ago

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Yesterday (Feb 20th), the UAG Customization book was finally released, and those who ordered the eBook version should have already received it. The printed book will be delivered within a few days to those who ordered it. If you haven’t gotten one yet...
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Lync publishing on UAG

Posted 3 months ago

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Following SP1 Update 1, UAG now supports publishing of Lync. This, however, has some important considerations that need to be followed, with regards to the trunk configuration and the certificates. Even though the Lync application can be added to ANY...
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Welcome to dumpsville. Population: your files!

Posted 3 months ago

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You might have had this happen to you – an application is accessed via UAG, but the parsing doesn’t work as expected. Maybe some links are not signed, or perhaps the process fails and puts out a 500 error. Luckily, there are some tools at our disposal...
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Your guide to customizations is ALMOST here!

Posted 3 months ago

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Rainier and I just finished the final proofs of the upcoming customization guide for UAG. The book is now available on Amazon , and the release date is Feb 21st. It may take a bit longer to reach you, but I believe that by mid-march, all orders and pre...
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UAG SP1 Update 1 Rollup 1 is out!

Posted 4 months ago

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Yesterday we released a new rollup update to UAG – Rollup 1 for SP1 Update 1. This rollup contains 13 fixes to various issues. The full list of fixes is here (with a link to request the download). Please note that this update requires that your UAG server...
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UAG vs TMG

Posted 4 months ago

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I typically dedicate my posts here to more technical and in-depth stuff, but I figure it’s time I address this issue as well, as I’ve seen in come up in many discussions. With all the acronyms in the security world, it may be hard to know which product...
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Querying the TMG log directly

Posted 4 months ago

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On a TMG server, logging is done using a local SQL Express 2008 server. This data can be viewed using the TMG management console, where you can view the data “live”, as requests come in, or create a query for specific details: This interface is pretty...
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Publishing FTP with UAG

Posted 4 months ago

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Those with a sharp eyesight may have noticed that the FTP template that was available with IAG is not available in UAG. Publishing FTP is not in high demand, but if you need to do it, it is possible using simple tunneling. Here are the steps: 1. Create...
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The UAG DirectAccess Web Monitor shows “Network Security” as Not Healthy

Posted 5 months ago

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Symptom: When checking the Current Status of DirectAccess using the Web Monitor, you may find that the report shows “Network Security” as Not Healthy. More Information: When activating the UAG DirectAccess configuration, the internal interface selected...
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ClickOnce publishing redux!

Posted 5 months ago

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A topic of concern for some customers has been publishing ClickOnce applications. ClickOnce is a deployment technology that allows you to create self-updating Windows-based applications that can be installed and run with minimal user interaction. The...
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Want to do some customizations?

Posted 5 months ago

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If so, then I have some great news for you. PACKT publishing just announced my upcoming book – “ Mastering Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Customization ”. I’ve been working on it for a few months with my colleague Rainier Amara from Microsoft in the UK...
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Cannot connect to SharePoint on Windows Phones

Posted 5 months ago

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If you try to configure your Windows Phone to connect to a SharePoint server via UAG, as discussed in my blogs ( 1 , 2 ), you might find yourself getting connection errors, like “Can’t connect. We’re having trouble connecting to the server. This typically...
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War of the interfaces

Posted 6 months ago

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In a recent blog post ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/ben/archive/2011/07/20/reinstalling-the-da-interfaces.aspx ) , I discussed a situation where one or more of the virtual interfaces used by DA can go bad, and suggested a procedure to reset them by removing...
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Problems with UAG activation after enabling SSTP

Posted 6 months ago

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When trying to configure and enable SSTP on a UAG server or array, you might find that activation is failing. Other related symptoms may include: Error events in the System event logs titled “ The Microsoft Forefront TMG Control service terminated with...
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Trunk cannot be activated due to Invalid External Port address

Posted 6 months ago

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Users who upgraded their UAG server to Update 1 may receive an error upon activation “Error: Trunk <Trunk name> cannot be activated due to the following: Invalid External Port address. Please choose a different port.” This situation may happen if...
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RPC port limitation may break UAG and TMG servers

Posted 6 months ago

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The RPC (Remote Procedure Call) protocol is used by many services and applications, and part of that protocol is known as “dynamic port allocation”. This means that a program that uses RPC will choose a random secondary port above 1024 to be used for...
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The Path to SharePoint enlightenment

Posted 6 months ago

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A common question about SharePoint publishing with UAG comes up in a situation where the organization has multiple areas on a single SharePoint server, and wants to provide different users with access to just the areas that are appropriate for them. For...
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Ándale! arriba! Faster logon!

Posted 6 months ago

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A topic that comes up a lot with UAG is slowness in logging on to the UAG portal. For most users, this happens pretty fast – less than 10 seconds, but some see delays that can be as long as 2 minutes. Since most users don’t log in to the UAG portal all...
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UAG and stateless clients

Posted 7 months ago

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One of the challenges facing many customers is the need to publish an application for stateless clients. This typically involves a non-interactive application, like a program running on an un-attended computer, and connecting to retrieve data automatically...
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UAG SP1 Update 1 is available!

Posted 7 months ago

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A few days ago, on October 13th, Update 1 for UAG SP1 has been released. This update contains many fixes, as well as enhancements, such as: 1. Support for Lync publishing (hot topic!) 2. Support for Office Web Apps (with SharePoint 2010) 3. Additional...
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Illegal characters

Posted 7 months ago

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Sometimes, when publishing a web application that is not one of the standard templates, you might run into an “access denied“ error. If you look for it in the UAG Web monitor, it might look like this: “A request for application <ID> of type <type>...

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