ISA Server 2006 

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General information
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 is the integrated edge security gateway that helps protect your IT environment from Internet-based threats while enabling your users to be more productive with secure, anytime, anywhere access to Microsoft applications and data.

Securely Publishing Your Content for Remote Access
Businesses need to provide employees and partners with secure and appropriate remote access to applications, documents, and data from any PC or device.
Secure application publishing with ISA Server 2006 enables organizations to make their Exchange, SharePoint, and other Web application servers accessible in a secure manner to remote users outside the corporate network. By pre-authenticating users before they gain access to any published servers, inspecting even encrypted traffic at the application layer in a stateful manner, and providing automated publishing tools, ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to provide security for corporate applications accessed over the Internet.
ISA Server 2006 Secure Application Publishing Feature Summary
Review the link for a summary of how ISA Server 2006 addresses the key concerns of IT administrators tasked with securing their applications.

Connecting and Securing Your Branch Offices
Businesses need to connect remote-site branch offices to their corporate headquarters, provide security-enhanced Internet access from branch offices and utilize limited bandwidth more efficiently.
Organizations can use ISA Server 2006 as a Branch Office Gateway to connect to and secure their branch offices, while efficiently utilizing network bandwidth. By providing HTTP compression -- caching of content, including software updates and site-to-site virtual private network (VPN) capabilities integrated with application-layer filtering -- ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to securely expand corporate networks.
ISA Server 2006 Branch Office Gateway Feature Summary
Review the link for a summary of how ISA Server 2006 addresses the key concerns of IT administrators tasked with streamlining their network

Defending Your Environment against External and Internal Web-Based Threats
Businesses need to eliminate the damaging effects of malware and attackers through comprehensive tools for scanning and blocking harmful content, files, and Web sites.
Web access protection with ISA Server 2006 can help organizations protect their environments from internally- and externally-originating Internet-based threats. With a hybrid proxy-firewall architecture, deep content inspection, granular policies, and comprehensive alerting and monitoring capabilities, ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to manage and protect your network.
ISA Server 2006 Web Access Protection Feature Summary
Review the link for a summary of how ISA Server 2006 addresses the key concerns of IT administrators tasked with safeguarding their IT environment.

Licensing
With the 2006 version of Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, there is a new 25 processor license offering. This offering is aimed at branch office scenario and include 25 processor licenses of ISA Server Enterprise Edition at 50% discount per processor as compared to the regular Enterprise Edition prices. Going forward there will be three broad Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server categories:

  1. ISA Server Standard Edition single processor license
  2. ISA Server Enterprise Edition single processor license
  3. ISA Server Enterprise Edition 25 processor license

More information on http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/default.mspx



System Requirements

You will need the following minimum system configuration to use Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Standard or Enterprise Edition:

  • PC with a 733 MHz Pentium III or higher processor
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 (SP4) or later, or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (Note: for ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition is required)
  • 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended
  • NTFS-formatted local partition with 150 MB of available hard-disk space; additional space will be required for Web cache content.
  • Network adapter that is compatible with the computer's operating system for communication with the internal network; one additional network adapter, modem, or ISDN adapter for each additional network connected to the ISA Server computer
  • One additional network adapter is required for intra-array communications for ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition integrated NLB
  • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
  • VGA or higher-resolution monitor
  • Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Notes:

  • If ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition is installed on a Windows 2000 Server operating system, you must install Windows 2000 SP4 or later and Internet Explorer 6 or later.
  • If you are running Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server with Windows 2000 SP4, you must install the hotfix specified in article 821887 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
  • Additional hotfixes may also be recommended. We recommend that all customers deploy current security implementation best practices as outlined at the Microsoft TechNet Security Center.
  • ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition supports up to four CPUs on one server.
  • Actual system requirements will vary based on your deployment configuration, expected load, and the features you choose to install.

Availability
ISA Server 2006, Standard Edition - Estimated Street Date Availability – mid September
ISA Server 2006, Enterprise Edition  - Estimated Street Date Availability – mid September