as "Exchange 12" in the Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Evaluation Guide) New configuration wizards for various tasks such as setting up a "site-to-site VPN connection", publishing SharePoint services, publishing websites, creating firewall rules. Introduction of single sign-on for groups of published web sites. Improvements to user authentication including the addition of LDAP Authentication support Resistance to flood attacks, to protect the ISA server from being "unavailable, compromised, or unmanageable during a flooding attack." Performance features such as BITS Caching, Web Publishing Load Balancing and HTTP compression. ISA Server Appliance Edition Microsoft also offered ISA Server 2006 Appliance Edition. It was designed to be pre-installed onto OEM hardware (server appliances) that are sold by hardware manufacturers as a stand-alone firewall type device. Along with Appliance Edition, ISA server 2006 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition were available in preconfigured hardware. Microsoft Forefront TMG MBE Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Medium Business Edition (Forefront TMG MBE) is the next version of ISA Server which is also included with Windows Essential Business Server. This version only runs on the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 and does not support Enterprise edition features such as array support or Enterprise policy. Mainstream support for Forefront TMG MBE ended on 12 November 2013. Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Forefront TMG 2010) was released on 17 November 2009. It is built on the foundation of ISA Server 2006 and provides enhanced web protection, native 64-bit support, support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, malware protection and BITS caching. Service Pack 1 for this product was released on 23 June 2010. It includes several new features to support Windows Server 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010 lines of products. Service Pack 2 for this product was released on 10 October 2011. On 9 September 2012 Microsoft announced no further development will take place on Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 and the product will no longer be available for purchase as of 1 December 2012. Mainstream support ceased on 14 April 2015 and extended support has ended on 14 April 2020. See also Microsoft Servers Microsoft Forefront Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway References External links TMG TechCenter Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog Richard Hicks' Forefront TMG Blog Forefront Threat Management Gateway Firewall software Computer security software Proxy servers 1997 software Content-control software