Welcome to Richard Hicks' Section

Richard Hicks is a Sales Engineer specializing in edge security solutions for security appliance vendor Celestix Networks. He has been working with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 and its predecessors for more than 12 years. He has designed and deployed network security solutions using TMG and ISA for SMB''s, military and defense organizations, and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Richard is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Forefront Security, and his certifications include Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional - Enterprise Administrator, and Websense Certified Engineer - Web Security. He is passionate about technology and in particular network security technologies. He is a regular contributor on the message boards here at ISAserver.org, and maintains his own blog. Richard lives and works in beautiful, sunny Southern California.

Richard Hicks' Latest Contributions

Publishing Exchange Outlook Web App (OWA) with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Part 2 – Configuring TMG: Date - Aug 04, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 includes support for publishing Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web App (OWA) for Exchange 2010, as well as Outlook Web Access for Exchange 2007, 2003, and 2000. In the first part of this two-part series we looked at how to prepare the CAS server for publishing. In the second part we will walk through the steps required to publish Exchange OWA 2010 using TMG.
Publishing Exchange Outlook Web App (OWA) with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Part 1 – Preparing the Client Access Server (CAS): Date - Jul 20, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Preparing the CAS in order to publish Exchange OWA with Micrsoft TMG 2010.
What’s New in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1: Date - Jun 23, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Taking a look at what’s new in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 service pack 1.
A Closer Look at TMG 2010 Enterprise Edition Standalone Arrays: Date - Jun 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; A Closer Look at Standalone Arrays with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Enterprise Edition.
Exploring ISP Redundancy in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - May 04, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Exploring the ISP-R feature in detail; looking at different operating modes, explaining the load balancing algorithm, investigating the dead link detection process and various deployment scenarios where ISP-R is implemented.
Logging Enhancements in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Mar 30, 2010; Section - Articles; Taking a look at logging enhancements in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010
TMG Enterprise Arrays Explained: Date - Mar 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article will focus on how to configure EMS-managed and standalone arrays, explain differences between the two and discuss deployment scenarios for each one.
Using the Security Configuration Wizard with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010: Date - Feb 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to use the security configuration wizard with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010.
Overview of the Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Management Console: Date - Jan 12, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; We would like to welcome Microsoft MVP Richard Hicks to our team of authors as he presents his first article to ISAserver.org readers. This article will give an overview of the Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 management console.