We are happy to announce the availability of Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The service pack is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.

Here are some of the improvements we are introducing in Forefront TMG SP2: 

• Site activity report – Forefront TMG SP2 includes a new site activity report that enables you to generate a report showing the data transfer between users and specific websites. This report displays the amount of data transferred to and from different websites, for any
  period that you specify, per user. In addition, you can also display the total data transfer to and from a specific website, per user.  

• Improved error pages – Forefront TMG SP2 improves the look and feel of web browser error pages and makes it easier to customize the pages. 

• Kerberos authentication for NLB arrays – Forefront TMG SP2 enables you to allow users to authenticate to a Forefront TMG array with Network Load Balancing (NLB) enabled using the Kerberos version 5 protocol.

Visit our TechNet Library for more information.

 - The Forefront TMG Team

We are happy to announce that Update 1 (UP1) for Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released today. It is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center as an upgrade from UAG 2010 SP1.

Update 1 enhances UAG’s application publishing scenarios by adding support for:

• Dynamics CRM 2011
• Microsoft Lync 2010 web services
• Office Web Apps with SharePoint 2010

Learn more by visiting our TechNet Library.

- The Forefront UAG Team

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform website
(http://www.microsoft.com/server-cloud).  

The new site is a comprehensive source for information relating to our private cloud
and virtualization solutions, as well as other solutions based on Windows
Server, System Center, Forefront and related products.  It is designed to
help connect you to relevant information across Microsoft web destinations,
including TechNet, MSDN, Pinpoint and more - making it a great place to
understand what we offer, why you should consider it and how to get started.

Enjoy the new site and stay tuned to the blog for the latest Server & Cloud
Platform updates!

Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of Forefront Identity Manager 2012 R2 beta.  Some of the key areas we’re enhancing with this release include:

• Credential management with web based password reset
• Historical reporting using integration to the System Center Service Manager data warehouse
• Greater ease of use through enhanced initial load performance, improved diagnostics and and enhanced load and scale performance
• Additional support for Microsoft Outlook 2010, and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

To join the beta program and download the software, click here.

We are also pleased to announce that the Forefront Identity Manager Community Evaluation Program will commence on the 2nd of August with our first session. Community members are encouraged to attend and new members are certainly welcome.  Community Evaluation Programs are a great technical resource for deeper understanding of Microsoft products and to connect with other users.  With over 2000 people engaged in various CEP programs, you’re able to not only connect directly with key engineering resources from Microsoft, but also a broad community of like-minded users.  Further details on the Community Evaluation Program for the R2 release of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 can be found here.

Cloud computing is as big a transformation, and opportunity, as the technology industry has ever seen. Partners and customers can look to Microsoft for the most comprehensive cloud strategy and offerings, in order to improve their business agility, focus and economics. Today, at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced tools and solutions to help partners capitalize on the opportunities, as well as examples of partners and customers already finding success.

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