Summary

Installed on the Security Server, Forefront TMG is a feature-rich and sophisticated firewall application. The essential function of Forefront TMG is to control how information passes among the networks to which the Security Server is connected. To perform this function, various rules are defined, including network rules, access rules, Web publishing rules, and server publishing rules.

In Windows EBS, Forefront TMG is preconfigured in an optimal way. It allows external access to Remote Web Workplace and Outlook Web Access and allows Exchange 2007 to receive e-mail from the Internet. Preconfigured Web access rules also allow users within the internal network to freely browse the Internet. Commonly, to support your network needs, you will ...

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