This looks a bit different compared to what we saw with the ISA firewall and it includes some welcome new options. After the files are unpacked, you will see the Welcome to Microsoft Forefront TMG page. At this time, TMG is not available on MSDN, but you can download an evaluation here.Īfter you get the file downloaded, double click on it and it will unpack the files. The first step is to download the evaluation version of the software. Here is a simple network diagram of what I am working with right now and for this article: This is going to cause some issues that I'll take about later when we run into them. Because you should never (well, almost never) include an external DNS server on any of the firewall's NICs, I have configured the external interface with no DNS server setting, and the internal interface with the IP address of the internal DNS server, which is also a domain controller. One thing that you should know before we get started is the DNS configuration on the TMG VM's NICs. Our goal is to do what most admins will do - install the software in an 'out of the box' configuration and then try to make it do what we want it to do as we learn more about the product. I have not installed any Exchange components or any other 'out of band' software. The only thing we have done in advance is join the TMG virtual machine to the domain and then installed Windows Updates.

In this example, the only other virtual machine is a domain controller, and the TMG firewall belongs to the same domain as the domain controller. An internal interface that only allows it to connect to other virtual machines.

An external interface, which is bridged to the production network that allows it to connect to the Internet, and.

So we will install the RTM release of the TMG firewall in a virtual machine, and the VM will have two network interfaces: Many of you will be doing this initial installation for testing and evaluation purposes. Meanwhile, this is the first of a two-part piece that will guide you through the installation process and point out potential 'gotchas' that you might encounter along the way.Īs always, the first step is to make sure your hardware meets the minimum requirements, which you can find here. Planning for deployment can take place later if you decide you like what you see, and we'll address that in a later article. However, if you're new to the TMG firewall, you probably just want to get it installed and see what it looks like. Of course, the real beginning is the planning phase, where you determine what the hardware requirements are going to be, and what role the TMG firewall is going to play on your network. In this article, we'll start at the beginning, with how to how to install TMG 2010 EE RTM. Introduction I love new things, and I am excited about coming into this new position just in time to introduce a new product: Microsoft's Threat Management Gateway 2010 EE RTM.

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