Forefront TMG 2010 Email Protection Updates

First I would like to start this post by emphasizing a recently article that was published at Tales from the Edge, that explains how to configure Exchange Sync with Forefront TMG 2010, here it is the link for it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee513174.aspx. Also I want to remind you about the supported scenarios with Forefront TMG 2010 and Exchange 2007 Edge role, mainly the support matrix below:

From: http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/11/10/email-protection-in-forefront-tmg-2010-release-candidate.aspx

The * on this table says:

Recently a blog post was published by the Exchange team saying that they reconsidered and are planning to support Windows Server 2008 (SP2). To read more about it please follow this link: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/04/453026.aspx

There is a newer update on that, which is the one below:

“…we will be adding support for Exchange 2007 on the Windows Server 2008 R2 platform. While we had hoped to add this application/operating system combination quickly, unfortunately adding this support requires code changes to setup in Exchange 2007. Therefore, our vehicle for adding this support will be via a third Service Pack for Exchange 2007 in the second half of calendar year 2010.”

From: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/30/453327.aspx

In other words: If you want to deploy Exchange 2007 Edge role on Forefront TMG 2010 you will need to:

Windows Server 2008 SP2
Exchange 2007 SP2

If you already installed Forefront TMG 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and want to install Exchange Edge role to enable EMail Protection feature your current supported options are: