27 08, 2014

How I used log file analysis to safely retire a legacy web site

By | 2014-08-27T07:30:05+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Firewall Analysis, Log File Analysis, Microsoft IIS, System Administration, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, WebSpy|Comments Off on How I used log file analysis to safely retire a legacy web site

Legacy applications and websites remain in place for longer than they should, often because there is a suspicion that they are still being used. Meanwhile, the application is hanging around consuming IT resources that could be put towards a more useful purpose. To safely decommission a web site or service, you need to be sure [...]

27 10, 2010

Watch your TMG's waist line. Switch log format and reduce fat now!

By | 2010-10-27T04:57:46+00:00 October 27th, 2010|Firewall Analysis, Log File Analysis, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, storages, System Administration, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis, WebSpy|0 Comments

We often recommend customers using Microsoft ISA or TMG switch their logging to W3C text file, in order to get the best possible import speed, and also because the text logs are much easier to access from a remote machine (see my previous article on accessing TMG’s SQL Express Log database). Logging to the default [...]

19 07, 2010

Tips from TMG Expert: Changing WebSpy Vantage Scheduled Task Recurrence Interval

By | 2010-07-19T03:57:08+00:00 July 19th, 2010|How To, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront TMG users are probably familiar with isaserver.org’s informative news articles, tutorials, blogs and forums. I just wanted to bring your attention to one of isaserver.org’s contributing blog authors, Richard Hicks. Richard has been working with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 and its predecessors for more than 12 years. He [...]

12 05, 2010

Dedicated WebSpy and Forefront TMG pages – Everything you need to know about TMG Log Reporting

By | 2010-05-12T04:14:53+00:00 May 12th, 2010|How To, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Reports, Sales and Marketing, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, WebSpy|0 Comments

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) popularity is starting to pick up. WebSpy added support for analyzing and reporting on TMG logs even before the public release and have been improving our compatibility ever since. […]