Understanding the Forefront Edge Line of Products

The rise in the prevalence of computer viruses, threats, and exploits on the Internet has made it necessary for organizations of all shapes and sizes to reevaluate their protection strategies for edge services such as SharePoint Server. No longer is it possible to ignore or minimize these threats as the damage they can cause can cripple a company’s business functions. A solution to the increased sophistication and pervasiveness of these viruses and exploits is becoming increasingly necessary.

Corresponding with the growth of these threats has been the development of Microsoft’s Forefront Edge line of products, including Forefront TMG and Forefront UAG products from Microsoft. These products are fast becoming a business-critical component of many organizations, who are finding that many of the traditional packet-filtering firewalls and technologies don’t necessarily stand up to the modern threats of today. The Forefront Edge product provides for that higher level of application security required, particularly for tools such as SharePoint sites and other web services.