Welcome back. In the first half of this series, howto://connect clients to exchange-part one, we covered how to securely enable POP3 and IMAP for clients, and how to make those services accessible over the Internet using our TMG server. In this post, we are going to cover ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere, and then of course, how to publish them through our TMG.
Exchange ActiveSync is Microsoft’s solution for connecting Windows Mobile devices to Exchange. It also happens to work for iPhones/iPod Touch/iPads, and Droid devices (though Verizon will charge you extra for that privilege. Bzzz!) ActiveSync uses a secure connection over HTTPS, and can be published easily through our TMG, making it the most attractive option for those devices that can use it. For Outlook clients who work remotely, and for whatever reason don’t want to first connect by VPN, Outlook Anywhere lets you make MAPI connections by tunneling RPC over HTTPS, supporting the full Outlook experience. Again, we’ll use our TMG to publish this. We’ll find out everything there is to know about remote connections to Exchange: their dreams, their desires, their most intimates of intimates, and from what I’m looking at, "intimate" is the stud muffin’s middle name. If you would like to set this up on your Exchange server, read on.
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Before you go there, I am not talking about connecting Outlook to Exchange on the LAN. I’m talking about those other situations, like the graphics guy using Mac Mail, or the security guy using Thunderbird on Linux, or someone with a Windows Mobile device, or even you with your iPhone.
In this two part series, we are going to first cover how to securely enable POP3 and IMAP for those clients that can’t (or won’t) use Outlook, and in the second half of this series, howto://connect clients to exchange-part two, we will cover how to use ActiveSync for Windows Mobile, Droid, and iPod Touch/iPhone/iPads, and also how to support remote Outlook connections without a VPN using Outlook Anywhere. If you need to support POP3 and/or IMAP, read on for how to get it done.
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In today’s post we’re going to help get passed the generic 404 errors that SharePoint 2010 throws your way when you go to upload large files. If you are in the right place for this post, you’ve installed SharePoint, added the BLOB service, and everything should be shiny. You can upload small files without issue, and they do go into the BLOB store. But when you try to upload, say, a 100MB video, you get spanked with a 404 that tells you practically nothing of actual value.
If you are not ‘there yet’ and are just reading ahead, check out this post on installing SharePoint 2010. Then, since BLOB storage is a much more efficient way to store Binary Large OBjects, check out Rob Garrett’s blog on Installing the Remote Blob Storage for SharePoint 2010 and SQL 2008 R2. You’re halfway there now…
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It was late in the Spring of 2010. I was working my way across the tubes as the chief technologist on an archaeological dig whose goal was simple; exploration and exploitation of binary resources. We were to venture deep into the heart of the world wide web, seeking fame, fortune, treasure, and the odd little application. Way down in the uncharted wilds of microsoft.com, where few have ever dared to venture, while wearing a 1920′s era vintage safari jacket in olive green 500 thread count Egyptian cotton I discovered in a British supply depot in Burma (available in S,M,L, and XL for $425,) and a faithful reproduction pith helmet in silk-wrapped Kevlar made specifically for me by a group of Benedictine monks on an island monastery in the Mediterranean sea (unisex, one size fits all for $175,) I discovered what has proven to be one of the most useful applications ever for Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 admins and consultants.
The Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Best Practices Analyzer, or TMGBPA to its friends, is a tool that can perform health checks, diagnostics, and even create Visio diagrams from your TMG 2010 servers. It looks at installation, licensing, alerts, logs, rules, and the overall health of the underlying operating system, and is something no TMG consultant should be without.
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