Welcome to Marc Grote's Section

Marc Grote is an MCSA/MCSE Messaging & Security, an MCTS/MCITP and aMicrosoft Certified Trainer and MCLC. He is a freelance IT Trainer and Consultant in the north of Germany near Hanover. He specializes in ISA/TMG Server, Exchange, Security for Windows 2003/2008 and Windows Server 2008/R2 designs, migrations and implementations. His efforts have earned him recognition as a Microsoft MVP for ISA Server since 2004. You can visit his homepage at http://www.it-training-grote.de or his Blog on http://www.it-training-grote.de/blog You will find more information about ISA/TMG and a blog about the Forefront product family on http://forefront-tmg.de. You can also visit his NTFAQ section on http://www.nt-faq.de with thousands of tips and tricks for Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista and Windows Server System. Recently, Marc has also collaborated on the latest TMG Forefront book published by Microsoft Press, found at microsoft-press.de. Check it out!

The following Link will direct you to an actual collection of administrative templates to use with Windows 2000-2008 Group Policies:http://www.adm-files.de

Books

ISA Server 2006

Get your copy of the German language "Microsoft ISA Server 2006 - Das Handbuch"

ISA Server 2004

Get your copy of the German language "Microsoft ISA Server 2004 - Das Handbuch"

Forefront TMG 2010

Get your copy of the German language "Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Server - Das Handbuch"

Marc Grote's Latest Contributions

Microsoft Forefront TMG – Publishing RD Web Access with RD Gateway (Part 1): Date - Aug 11, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to publish Remote Desktop Web Access with Remote Desktop Gateway over Microsoft Forefront TMG.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – Logging options in Forefront TMG: Date - Jul 13, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How Forefront TMG can be configured to log network traffic to various log file formats like Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 Express, text file logging or to a central Microsoft SQL Server instance.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – TMG Storage 101: Date - May 18, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Where Forefront TMG Standard and Enterprise editions store the Forefront TMG configuration and how Forefront TMG stores a copy of the TMG configuration in the local registry.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – Role based Administration: Date - Apr 13, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to implement a role based administration model with Microsoft Forefront TMG Standard and Enterprise for delegated administration.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – How to use TMG network templates: Date - Mar 23, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to use Microsoft Forefront TMG network templates, how to create additional networks and how to customize Forefront TMG network settings.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – Webserver Load Balancing: Date - Mar 09, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure Forefront TMG Server webserver Load Balancing capabilities to balance the load to multiple internal web servers.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – Best Practice Analyzer: Date - Feb 16, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to install and use the Forefront TMG Best Practice Analyzer (TMGBPA).
Microsoft Forefront TMG - Backup and Restore Capabilities: Date - Jan 26, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to export and to import the entire Forefront TMG configuration (or parts of the TMG configuration) for backup and testing purposes.
Microsoft Forefront UAG – Overview of Microsoft Forefront UAG: Date - Dec 17, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to install and configure some basic settings for Microsoft Forefront UAG and how to create a new Portal to publish Exchange Server 2010 Outlook Web App (formerly Outlook Web Access).
Microsoft Forefront TMG - installing and configuring the Forefront TMG client: Date - Dec 01, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to install and configure the updated Microsoft Firewall Client, now called the Forefront TMG client, in Microsoft Forefront TMG.
Microsoft Forefront TMG – FTP and FTP Server publishing: Date - Nov 17, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to allow FTP server traffic through TMG Server for outbound connections through Firewall rules and for incoming connections through TMG server publishing rules.
Microsoft ISA Server 2006 – Certificate troubleshooting (Part 2): Date - Nov 03, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How ISA Server 2006 uses digital certificates in web chaining and reverse publishing scenarios.
Microsoft ISA Server 2006 - Secure FTP Server (FTPS) publishing with Windows Server 2008: Date - Oct 13, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to securely publish an FTP Server running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with ISA Server 2006.
Microsoft Forefront TMG ISP Redundancy Mode: Date - Sep 15, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to use the Internet Service Provider (ISP) Load Balancing feature in Microsoft Forefront TMG.
Microsoft Forefront TMG Behavioral Intrusion Detection: Date - Aug 11, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How Microsoft Forefront TMG protects itself and the networks behind it against external intruders and malicious attacks.
Publishing Outlook Web Access with Microsoft Forefront TMG: Date - Aug 04, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to publish Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with Microsoft Forefront TMG.
Configuring a PPTP Site to Site VPN with Microsoft Forefront TMG: Date - Jul 21, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How create a PPTP Site to Site VPN between two Microsoft Forefront TMG servers.
Configure Forefront TMG to integrate with an TMG Array: Date - Jul 07, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to integrate Microsoft Forefront TMG into a TMG array for centrally controlled administration purposes.
Explaining and configuring NIS (Network Inspection Service): Date - Jun 02, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the new Network Inspection functionality in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2.
Configuring the AntiMalware functionality in Microsoft Forefront TMG: Date - May 19, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to configure the AntiMalware functions in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2.
Configuring and using the E-Mail protection feature in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 (Part 2): Date - May 05, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the Anti-spam and Anti-Virus protection features in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2.
Configuring and using the E-Mail protection feature in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 (Part 1): Date - Apr 14, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the Anti-spam and Anti-Virus protection features in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2.
Installing and configuring Microsoft Forefront TMG Beta 2: Date - Mar 24, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to install and configure Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2.
What’s new in Forefront TMG Beta 2 (Part 1): Date - Mar 10, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; The new and extended features of Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2.
Explaining ISA Server 2006 Web Server load balancing: Date - Feb 24, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to load balance multiple web servers with ISA Server 2006 Web Server load balancing capabilities.
How to use the ISA Server 2006 Network Templates: Date - Jan 27, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to use the ISA Server 2006 network templates to build and customize your own ISA Server 2006 network infrastructure.
Explaining the Microsoft Forefront TMG Firewall Lockdown Mode: Date - Jan 06, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the Microsoft Forefront TMG Firewall Lockdown Mode and the new TMG Log queue feature (LLQ).
How to change Microsoft ISA Server 2006 NLB from Unicast to Multicast: Date - Dec 09, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to change the ISA Server 2006 Enterprise NLB mechanism from Unicast to Multicast.
How to migrate Microsoft ISA Server 2006 to Microsoft Forefront TMG: Date - Nov 25, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; ISA Server 2006: Migrating to Forefront Threat Management Gateway.
How to Publish Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 (Part 2): Date - Nov 11, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article series, I will show you how to publish Microsoft Exchange Server Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 to provide secure e-mail access for your Windows Mobile 5 and 6.x clients.
How to Publish Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 (Part 1): Date - Oct 14, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; How to publish Microsoft Exchange Server Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 to provide secure e-mail access for your Windows Mobile 5 and 6.x clients.
How to Publish Microsoft Sharepoint Services with ISA Server 2006: Date - Sep 09, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; How to publish Microsoft Sharepoint services 3.0 with ISA Server 2006 Enterprise (two nodes).
How to Determine the Correct ISA Server SE Version and Service Pack Information: Date - Aug 12, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to determine the correct ISA Server 2004 or ISA Server 2006 product version and the installed ISA Server Service Pack. We will also show how to determine the installed version of the MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine), if used and its installed Service Pack version.
Implementing and Troubleshooting Certificate Deployment in ISA Server 2006: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; In this article, we will cover certificate and certificate authority basics and how to use certificates in reverse proxy scenarios and how to troubleshoot certificate use and revocation.
ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1: New features and enhancements: Date - Jun 10, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; An overview of the new and enhanced features in ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1.
Role based administration in ISA Server 2006: Date - May 13, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to implement a role based administration model with Microsoft ISA Server 2006 for distributed administration.
How to automatically deploy the Microsoft Firewall client: Date - Apr 08, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to automatically deploy the Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Firewall client for Windows XP and Windows Vista clients with the help of the Software distribution process through Windows Server 2003 Group Policies.
ISA Server Tools: Date - Mar 25, 2008; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; An overview of the different tools available for ISA Server 2004 and ISA Server 2006.
Firewall Logging using a Microsoft SQL database: Date - Mar 11, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to set up ISA Server 2006 firewall logging with a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database.
ISA Server 2006 Backup and Restore Capabilities: Date - Feb 26, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to back up and restore the entire ISA Server 2006 configuration or parts of the configuration and how to back up ISA Server log files.
ISA Server 2006 Flood Mitigation: Date - Feb 12, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How ISA Server 2006 Flood Mitigation protects against different attacks like SYN flooding, worms, and an unexpected large number of TCP and/or UDP connections.
ISA Server 2006 MSDE Password Management: Date - Jan 22, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to configure ISA Server 2006 MSDE logging features to assign a custom password to the SA account for the MSFW database instance which ISA Server 2006 uses by default for logging purposes.
ISA Best Practices Analyzer and Visio: Date - Jan 15, 2008; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to use the ISA Server Best Practice Analyzer with Visio. With the help of this tool it is possible to create a Microsoft Visio network diagram of your ISA Server environment for documentation purposes.
Configuring the ISA Server 2006 HTTP Filter: Date - Feb 08, 2007; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; An overview of the ISA Server 2006 HTTP Filter and how to use this HTTP Filter to protect your internal network.
Implementing an IPSEC Site to Site VPN between ISA Server 2006 Beta and Cisco PIX 501: Date - Jun 08, 2006; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Alt. Products & Platforms; In this article I will give you a Step by Step Solution on how to implement a Site to Site VPN with Cisco PIX and ISA Server 2006.
ISA Server 2006 Overview: Date - May 04, 2006; Section - Articles; In this article I will try to give you a high level overview of the new features in Microsoft ISA Server 2006.
Installing and Configuring Microsoft ISA Server 2004 SP2: Date - Mar 02, 2006; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 2 is the next logical step in Security for ISA Server 2004. ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 2 has many new features like HTTP compression, caching of BITS-Updates, Diffserv for HTTP and some other enhancements. In this article I will show you how to install Service Pack 2 and I will give you a high level overview about the new features.
ISA Server 2004 Best Practice Analyzer: Date - Feb 16, 2006; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article I will show you how to install and use the ISA Best Practice Analyzer (ISABPA). You can use ISABPA to analyze your ISA Server 2004 environment for security holes, performance problems and configuration mismatches.
Configuring ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition – Part 4 – Implementing CARP and NLB: Date - Dec 01, 2005; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This is the final article of a four part article series which will show you how to enable CARP and NLB.
Configuring ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition – Part 3 – Administering ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Arrays: Date - Nov 24, 2005; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This is the third part article of a four part article series which will show you how to manage ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Arrays.
Installing ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition – Part 2 – Installing ISA Server 2004 Firewall on two Servers: Date - Nov 10, 2005; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; This is the second part article of a four part article series which will show you how to install and configuring ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition on two ISA Server Firewall members.
Installing ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition – Part 1 – Installing and Configuring the Configuration Storage Server: Date - Oct 27, 2005; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; With his first article for ISAserver.org, we would like to welcome ISA Server MVP Marc Grote who for the past two years has contributed many excellent articles to our sister site - MSExchange.org. This is the first article of a four part series which will show you how to install and configure ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition. In the first part Marc will show you how to install and configure the Configuration Storage Server.