29 06, 2012

Microsoft TMG SQL to Text Script

By | 2012-06-29T14:44:59+00:00 June 29th, 2012|How To, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Third Party, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Microsoft Forefront TMG logs activity to it’s internal SQL Express database. In addition to theextra steps you need to perform to access this database from a remote server, importing data into Vantage is much slower than importing from W3C Text logs. You can easily change the logging from SQL Express to W3C text logs in TMG’s [...]

29 06, 2012

Microsoft TMG SQL to Text Script

By | 2012-06-29T14:44:38+00:00 June 29th, 2012|How To, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Third Party, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis|0 Comments

Microsoft Forefront TMG logs activity to it's internal SQL Express database. In addition to the extra steps you need to perform to access this database from a remote server, importing data into Vantage is much slower than importing from W3C Text logs. You can easily change the logging from SQL Express to W3C text logs [...]

4 04, 2011

Vantage Video Series: #3 Importing, Summaries & Aliases

By | 2011-04-04T13:27:00+00:00 April 4th, 2011|Aliases, How To, Log File Analysis, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis|0 Comments

This is the third of a series of videos showing you how to configure Vantage in detail. In this video we'll look at how to import some data into a storage, use the Summaries section, and start customizing Aliases. WebSpy Vantage Ultimate - Importing, Summaries and Aliases from Fastvue on Vimeo.

12 03, 2010

Vantage Update 2.2.0.29 – New Fields for IronPort

By | 2010-03-12T06:55:01+00:00 March 12th, 2010|Firewall Analysis, IronPort, Loaders, Log File Analysis, Software Updates, System Administration, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis|0 Comments

We have just added support for the 'Group' field in IronPort's access logs. You can add this field to your logs by adding %g in the 'Custom Fields' edit box. We have also added support for the custom fields Body Request Size and Body Response Size.

2 03, 2010

Vantage Update 2.2.0.27 – Fix for Microsoft FTMG SQL Import

By | 2010-03-02T15:58:13+00:00 March 2nd, 2010|Loaders, Log File Analysis, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Software Updates, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Module, WebSpy|0 Comments

Our support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is quite new and we’ve just fixed a couple of issues that we haven’t yet released as a public update yet. In particular, this update fixes the "specified cast invalid error" that occurs when importing the Web Proxy database logs.

16 12, 2009

Microsoft TMG and UAG Released! What is the difference?

By | 2009-12-16T07:31:02+00:00 December 16th, 2009|Firewall Analysis, Loaders, Log File Analysis, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Software Updates, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis, WebSpy|0 Comments

Most of our customers using Microsoft ISA server are probably aware by now that Microsoft have released the new version of ISA server, which is now re-branded as Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). In addition to this, Microsoft has also re-branded its Internet Access Gateway (IAG) to Unified Access Gateway (UAG). […]

15 10, 2009

Where does Vantage store data and how do I change it?

By | 2009-10-15T08:05:02+00:00 October 15th, 2009|How To, Log File Analysis, storages, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Module|0 Comments

In the log file analysis world, we're always dealing with large volumes of data. By default, WebSpy Vantage stores its data, including the storages that you import log files into, somewhere on your c: drive. Changing this location to somewhere with more disk space is therefore one of the first steps that customers like to perform, so I thought I'd write a quick blog to explain the locations you should be aware of and how to change them.

14 10, 2009

Microsoft Forefront TMG Release Candidate now available

By | 2009-10-14T01:00:34+00:00 October 14th, 2009|Firewall Analysis, Loaders, Log File Analysis, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Third Party, Uncategorized, Vantage, Web Browsing Analysis, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Microsoft have announced the availability of Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Release Candidate (RC). This is the final public release of TMG before it is made available to purchase. If you're considering upgrading your ISA Server to TMG, this means that you can start your deployment using the Release Candidate, and simply switch it to a licenced version with no additional configuration changes once the full release is available.

9 09, 2009

Exciting New Features in Vantage Update 2.2.0.10

By | 2009-09-09T07:27:29+00:00 September 9th, 2009|Loaders, Log File Analysis, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Scheduled Tasks, Software Updates, Uncategorized, Vantage, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Attention all Vantage customers (and triallers). We've just released build 2.2.0.8 as an auto-update. This build includes new features such as scheduled data purge, support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, and scheduling CSV imports into your Organizational structure.