It is always a good idea to check that all of your ISA services are running after a server restart or when the peak hours are in progress. Make sure that you can access local sites and web based applications quickly using the Firewall client without any errors. If this is so then you will not need to go any further because everything is working.
I've had it up to here with users trolling the web for "hot chicks" and other "hot" things. Its time to put a lid on it. Check out how you can use LANguard for ISA Server to keep cruising losers in check
In this tutorial I will cover a theoretical overview of the importance of why you need to monitor your ISA servers. I will highlight the Web Proxy service counters available and mention some political strategy on dealing with users that abuse the system. Further down I will also outline what counters that I will cover in the following tutorials. I will cover how best to read these counters in the next tutorial. I will describe what use the counters have to you as the IT professional tasked with the responsibly of the upkeep of your organizations ISA server.
What ISA Server mystery do you think is the most difficult to solve? Publishing OWA using SSL? Making Conferencing Server work behind the ISA Server? Getting your warez app’s like Morpheus and Kaaza to work? Judging by how often the question is asked, I figure the greatest ISA Server mystery is how to publish an FTP server using an alternate port number.
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