Configuring initial deployment settings

Before you run the Getting Started Wizard, you should:

• Understand how Forefront TMG uses network objects to represent your infrastructure. For information, see Planning Forefront TMG network topology.
  
  
• Understand the benefits and drawbacks of making Forefront TMG a domain member. For information, see Workgroup and domain considerations.
  
  
• Collect the following information about network adapter settings:
  
  
  • Settings for the network adapter connected to your local access network, such as, IP address, subnet mask, and Domain Name System (DNS) server address.
    
    
  • Settings for the network adapter connected to the Internet. If your Internet service provider (ISP) provides a static address, record the IP address, subnet mask, and DNS server address.
    
    
  • Settings for any additional network adapters on the computer, such as, a third network adapter connected to a perimeter network.
    
    
• Make sure you know the server name, and Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) (if the computer belongs to a domain).
  
  

After Forefront TMG installation, you can run the Getting Started Wizard to configure basic deployment settings, including network adapter settings, policy updates, and joining the server to a workgroup or domain.

Note:
The Getting Started Wizard can only run locally. It is not available using remote management.

Note:
Changes should not be made to the NIC after running the Getting Started Wizard.

To open the Getting Started Wizard

For instructions about running each of the sub-wizards, see the following topics:

• Configuring network settings
  
  
• Configuring server and system settings
  
  
• Configuring deployment settings