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Understanding Site and content rules.

Site and content rules are an integral part of ISA server, and require a good understanding in order to configure ISA server to perform the functions described below. These rules are a very powerful part of ISA and mastering them will help you to get the results required by your organization.

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The Exchange 2000 Server Chat Service

Have you ever used the once popular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) services that used to be the rage in the early 90’s? If so, then you may have fond memories of them and the time spent in those chat channels. At the time, America Online was making its big push to sign up new members and there was basically two ways for the majority of Internet users to get together in large groups: either as AOL members in AOL chat rooms or using other dial-up ISPs and meeting in IRC chat rooms.

Making Outlook Express Work with ISA Server Quick Start Guide.

I don’t think a day goes by without someone asking either how to configure ISA Server to allow Outlook Express to work, or how fix a problem with ISA Server because Outlook Express isn’t working properly. Instead of answering this same question over and over again, I’ve decided to put together this article on how to configure ISA Server to work with Outlook Express, or any other email client that needs access to common email protocols.

Fix the Windows Update Problem for Web Proxy Clients.

Prior to upgrading to Windows XP Professional, I used Windows 2000 Professional on my production workstations. I never used the Windows Update feature when I ran the Windows 2000 machines, because sometimes the updates had a bad side effect of whacking the Windows 2000 box. The fixing was always problematic, and I never found a way that was cheap, easy and reliable to get back to where I was before the Update broke the machine.

Fixing the Symantec LiveUpdate Problem.

Some of you might have noticed that you can’t update your virus definitions using the Norton Antivirus LiveUpdate feature after installing ISA Server. I ran into this one myself a few weeks ago. After a bit of head banging, I found a configuration that should work for everyone.

Understanding how ISA server clients use DNS.

This tutorial will outline and reveal how the ISA server clients achieve DNS resolution. It will give you a better understanding on how each ISA server client interoperates with ISA server’s DNS or with the DNS servers directly, and will also assist you in choosing the correct client for the job. There are advantages and disadvantages in using each client I will highlight these and also propose a work around solution where there are downfalls.

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