UAG DirectAccess: Installation and Updates

Installing UAG is really straight-forward. Just insert the disc or mount the ISO (I like using the free Elby Virtual CloneDrive for that) and click the "Install Forefront UAG" link. When you're done be sure to install the latest updates too. In case you've never seen it here's a few shots of the installer. It takes quite a while to finish so you might want to do this over a sandwich. Click through the welcome screen Accept the license agreement Set the installation location (default is good) Wait for a couple minutes while it installs Roles and Features, Forefront Threat Managment Gateway and the Forefront Unified Access Gateway. When it's done, reboot. There are a few updates you can install now.

• UAG Update 2. Don't just double click it, you need to open an elevated command prompt and launch it from there.
• Security Update for UAG with Update 2
• TMG Service Pack 1. This is also available through Windows Update if you prefer.
• TMG SP1 Update 1.
• UAG Service Pack 1. This guide does not specifically cover the new features in SP1 but the changes are not so significant that you could not use this guide to configure it.

And that's it for installation.  However, once it comes back up, don't bother opening the UAG Console just yet.  You have some more prerequisites before getting into DirectAccess.