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Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) Server’s Monitoring Whitepaper

imageThis whitepaper on Microsoft ISA Server discusses best practices specific to ISA Server, Health Monitoring in general, and how to monitor your ISA Server with Monitis. Included is a VBScript that creates a custom monitor in Monitis.

The Microsoft website offers links to documentation on the different versions of ISA Server. A good starting point is the Microsoft Technet website. Note that Microsoft ISA Server is now called Forefront. The Microsoft website contains links to all versions of ISA Server.

We’ll start with a general overview of the specific functionality ISA Server offers and then we’ll go into best practices.

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Category: 101 Reasons To Choose Monitis, Applications Monitoring, Monitoring Scripts, Network Monitoring

How To Protect Your Network: Monitoring ISA Server with Monitis

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) ServerIn this article we discuss monitoring ISA server with Monitis using a custom monitor that you can add to the Monitis dashboard. Microsoft provides the ISA Server Performance Monitor tool to analyze ISA Server performance. The ISA Server Performance Monitor is installed when you install ISA Server, but if you are already monitoring a number of servers in your environment the Monitis dashboards offers an integrated solution to monitor ISA server together with your other monitored systems.
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Category: Monitoring Scripts, Network Monitoring, Security, Sysadmin Tools, Windows Servers Monitoring

How To Protect Your Network: Microsoft ISA Firewall Server Best Practices

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) ServerThis is the third article in our series “Protecting Your Network”. We previously discussed common firewall best practices and compared some of the most popular products to manage your network security. In this article we’ll focus on best practices specifically to Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server.
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Category: Security, Sysadmin Tools, Windows Servers Monitoring

How to Protect Your Network: Popular Firewall Products

In our previous article “Firewall Best Practices” we discussed some basic firewall information and best practices for managing your network security. In this article we’ll discuss the network firewall products that we mentioned in somewhat more details and explain of the differences between each of them and how they allow you to secure your network.

But first let’s talk about some of the main terminology common to firewall products to get a better understanding of differences between these products.
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Category: Security, Sysadmin Tools

How to Protect Your Network: Firewall Best Practices

This article is the first of a series in which we discuss protecting your network using  network monitoring and firewall management. In the other articles in this series we’ll discuss:

- Popular Firewall Products
- ISA Server Best Practices & Performance Monitoring
- Monitoring ISA Server with Monitis

While the last two articles focus on Microsoft ISA Server specifically, in this article we’ll talk about some common best practices for managing network security and setting up and managing your network firewall.
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Category: Security, Server Management

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Monitis GFI is a specialist provider of web and Cloud monitoring services that include website monitoring, site load testing, transaction monitoring, application and database monitoring, Cloud resource monitoring, and server and internal network monitoring within one easy-to-use dashboard. Over 100,000 users worldwide have chosen Monitis as their provider of choice to increase uptime and user experience of their services and products. What makes Monitis' solutions different is that they are fast to deploy, feature-rich in technology and provide a comprehensive single-pane view of on-premise and off-premise infrastructure and applications.

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