Ben Ari's UAG and IAG Blog
Plenty of useful and fun info on UAG, Microsoft's remote access and reverse-proxy product.
Supported security products for UAG endpoint detection.
A question that often comes up is which endpoint security products are supported by UAG, as part of...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 08/06/2012
DirectAccess 2012…the book!
As most of you probably heard, with the release of Windows Server 2012, DirectAccess is now tightly...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 08/01/2012
UAG and TMG update order
I’ve referred to types of updates available in another blog post, in which I also list and update...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 07/13/2012
iPad and iPhone HTML debugging
With Update 1, UAG officially supports iPads and iPhones***. There might come a time when you might...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 06/11/2012
Coming soon - UAG Video Course!
I just finished recording a new UAG video course, which will be published by my regular publisher...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 05/22/2012
What’s the deal with “Public host name”?
As you may have noticed, some of the application templates in UAG have a setting for a “public host...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/27/2012
Java connection problems with tunneled applications
Guest post by Raúl Moros Peña, a senior UAG consultant from Spain We ran into an issue when...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/23/2012
What is HAT, and how does it work?
One of the most important things that UAG does is the host-address translation, also known as HAT....
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/16/2012
The UAG Customization book is out!
Yesterday (Feb 20th), the UAG Customization book was finally released, and those who ordered the...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 02/21/2012
Lync publishing on UAG
Following SP1 Update 1, UAG now supports publishing of Lync. This, however, has some important...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 02/13/2012
Welcome to dumpsville. Population: your files!
You might have had this happen to you – an application is accessed via UAG, but the parsing doesn’t...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 02/09/2012
Your guide to customizations is ALMOST here!
Rainier and I just finished the final proofs of the upcoming customization guide for UAG. The book...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 02/02/2012
UAG SP1 Update 1 Rollup 1 is out!
Yesterday we released a new rollup update to UAG – Rollup 1 for SP1 Update 1. This rollup contains...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 01/13/2012
UAG vs TMG
I typically dedicate my posts here to more technical and in-depth stuff, but I figure it’s time I...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 01/09/2012
Querying the TMG log directly
On a TMG server, logging is done using a local SQL Express 2008 server. This data can be viewed...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 01/06/2012
Publishing FTP with UAG
Those with a sharp eyesight may have noticed that the FTP template that was available with IAG is...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 12/29/2011
ClickOnce publishing redux!
A topic of concern for some customers has been publishing ClickOnce applications. ClickOnce is a...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 12/01/2011
Want to do some customizations?
If so, then I have some great news for you. PACKT publishing just announced my upcoming book –...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/29/2011
Cannot connect to SharePoint on Windows Phones
If you try to configure your Windows Phone to connect to a SharePoint server via UAG, as discussed...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/28/2011
War of the interfaces
In a recent blog post...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/21/2011
Problems with UAG activation after enabling SSTP
When trying to configure and enable SSTP on a UAG server or array, you might find that activation is...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/11/2011
Trunk cannot be activated due to Invalid External Port address
Users who upgraded their UAG server to Update 1 may receive an error upon activation “Error: Trunk...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/08/2011
RPC port limitation may break UAG and TMG servers
The RPC (Remote Procedure Call) protocol is used by many services and applications, and part of that...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/07/2011
The Path to SharePoint enlightenment
A common question about SharePoint publishing with UAG comes up in a situation where the...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 11/03/2011
Ándale! arriba! Faster logon!
A topic that comes up a lot with UAG is slowness in logging on to the UAG portal. For most users,...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/31/2011
UAG and stateless (non-browser) clients
One of the challenges facing many customers is the need to publish an application to be accessed by...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/24/2011
UAG SP1 Update 1 is available!
A few days ago, on October 13th, Update 1 for UAG SP1 has been released. This update contains many...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/17/2011
Illegal characters
Sometimes, when publishing a web application that is not one of the standard templates, you might...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/13/2011
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and UAG
If you’ve been using the built-in SharePoint application in Windows Phone 7, you may have noticed...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/10/2011
Congratulations, Dennis!
I just learned that my good friend Dennis Lee was awarded an MVP award this week. The MVP Award...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/05/2011
Issues with Citrix (version 5.4 or later)
While UAG comes pre-configured with an application template for Citrix, we often discover that...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 10/04/2011
UAG and certificates.
A topic that has come up many times is the use of certificates with UAG. As it happens, using...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 09/27/2011
UAG and your own code!
One of the greatest aspects of UAG's customizability is the ability to add your own code into the...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 08/18/2011
Enhanced tracing for ASP debugging
I’ve talked before about how to enable and read UAG’s traces, for advanced debugging and...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 08/08/2011
Reinstalling the DA interfaces
When using DA, the clients and server use several virtual network interfaces, namely...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 07/20/2011
Signs of life
When placing UAG servers behind an external load balancer, it’s important to configure the balancer...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 07/05/2011
Too much information!
In a recent blog post, I discussed a common situation where one might need to add content to the...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 06/28/2011
Certainty with Certificate
As most UAG customers use certificates, either for their HTTPS trunks or their DA configuration (or...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 06/21/2011
Teach a server to fish
In my recent blog post about AppWrap and SRA, I discussed how one can use these mechanisms to...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 06/14/2011
Detective agency
As you probably know, one of UAG’s most important features is the endpoint detection mechanism. This...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 06/08/2011
Webinar: UAG and SecureAuth
SecureAuth (https://www.gosecureauth.com) is a company that develops an extensible identity and...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 06/01/2011
AppWrap and SRA
The Application Wrapper (AppWrap) and SRA are two mechanisms UAG uses to dynamically rewrite the...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 05/12/2011
Firewall settings could not be configured?
When you try to activate UAG, you might find yourself staring at an error saying “firewall settings...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 05/04/2011
Keep me posted
Updated with TMG SP2 Rollup 3, Jan 2013 A few months ago, I discussed the topic of the types...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/15/2011
My UAG, my terms!
For legal reasons, most website operators are required to include a terms of use text on the front...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/12/2011
Creating custom icons for applications
Several customers have asked for help in creating their own custom application icons. This is a...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/06/2011
New names for Microsoft products!
A few months ago, Microsoft released Lync Server, the successor to OCS. Lync has been received by...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 04/01/2011
Applying Network Access Protection configuration failed
When trying to activate the configuration on a UAG server, you might find that the activation fails,...
Author: Erez Benari Date: 03/29/2011