Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

Brief Description

Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Antigen.

Overview

Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint and Microsoft Antigen, providing a web-based console to centralize configuration and operation, automate the download and distribution of signature and scan engine updates, and generate comprehensive reports. Forefront Server Security Management Console also allows administrators to rapidly respond to outbreaks and update protection across enterprise deployments, improving organizational agility in responding to new threats. Through integration with Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server, Forefront Server Security Management Console helps maintain reliability and performance of messaging and collaboration protection.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003

512 MB of available memory

64 MB of available disk space on an NTFS formatted drive for Forefront Server Security Management Console

185 MB of available disk space on an NTFS formatted drive for prerequisites listed below.

IIS 6.0 or higher (with ASP.NET 2.0 enabled)

SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition (SP3a recommended), SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition(or above), or SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Forefront Server Security Management Console supports SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which will be installed when selecting the "Express Install" option.

The following prerequisites are included in the trial download and installed automatically if they are not already present

.NET Runtime v.2.0

Microsoft message Queue and MSMQ Triggers

MSXML 6.0 SP1

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Instructions

Click on the "Download" button to download the file.
Select the file for download, and specify a location to save the file.
After file is downloaded, double click on the setup program icon.

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Additional Information

To read and post feedback on Microsoft Forefront Server Security products please visit the Forefront Forums. A Microsoft Passport account is required.

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