What is Antigen?
Microsoft Antigen server-level antivirus, anti-spam, and content-filtering products are part of the Microsoft Forefront Security product family. Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint are the latest server security products and are designed to protect the most recent releases of Microsoft’s messaging and collaboration platforms: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Antigen helps businesses protect Exchange 2000 Server, Exchange Server 2003, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. With a layered, multiple scan engine approach, Antigen products help stop the latest threats before they impact business and users. Scanning and management innovations—along with tight integration with Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Live Communications Server—maximize administrator control and server availability. Content and file filtering technologies help ensure that organizations can eliminate inappropriate language and dangerous attachments from internal and external communications.
As of December 2006, customers who purchase Forefront Security for Exchange Server to protect Exchange Server 2007 will also be licensed to use Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager to protect their Exchange Server 2000 and Exchange Server 2003 environments.
Customers who purchase Forefront Security for SharePoint to protect SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. will also be licensed to use Antigen for SharePoint to protect SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 environments.
Antigen benefits include:
| • | Advanced Protection: Multiple scan engines at multiple layers throughout the e-mail infrastructure provide improved protection against e-mail threats. |
| • | Availability and Control: Tight integration with Microsoft Exchange and Windows-based SMTP servers maximizes availability and management control. |
| • | Secure Content: Helps organizations eliminate inappropriate language and dangerous attachments from internal and external communications. |
For More Information
The following links provide a more in-depth look at Antigen.
| • | Find answers to frequently asked questions about Antigen products |
| • | See what others are saying about Antigen |
| • | Download a free trial of Antigen |
