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Resources and Communication

Whether you need to find a partner to help you implement an anti-spam solution, technical information about configuring your own, or case studies to help you decide what route to take, you will find a wealth of resources here.

Find a Partner
Find a reseller, system integrator, or ISV partner, or learn how to become a partner.
http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/en/us/partners.aspx

Cloudmark Partnership

cloudmark, Inc.

Microsoft has partnered with Cloudmark to provide content filtering capabilities in the next generation of Forefront Security for Exchange Server, resulting in superior detection rates for our customers. The combination of leading reputation services from Microsoft and superior content filtering capabilities provided by Cloudmark results in highly effective anti-spam for Microsoft Forefront customers. In recent testing by West Coast Labs, we achieved a premium anti-spam checkmark certification with over 99% spam detection.
Learn about the partnership here.

WebCasts

How Microsoft IT Uses Forefront Online Security for Exchange to Protect the Messaging Environment
Find out how Microsoft uses our own technology to protect our email and systems.

Read the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report for the latest information on malware and spam trends.

Learn about Forefront Hybrid messaging security in this whitepaper.

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White Papers

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport and Messaging Protection
Learn about how Microsoft IT helps prevent spam, email viruses, directory harvesting, and other attacks.

Maximizing Messaging Security with Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Forefront Online Security for Exchange
Read this white paper and learn how you can improve messaging security with a hybrid protection strategy that uses both in-the-cloud spam and virus filtering services and on-premise antivirus software.

A Comprehensive Anti-Spam and Anti-virus Solution: Microsoft IT's Rollout
Find out how Microsoft’s IT has implemented messaging protection for the Microsoft corporate mail network by using the enhancements in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, which includes the Edge Transport server role and Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server.

Malware Protection: Planning the Right Mix
The optimal mix of internal self-hosted and external hosted security services will vary from company to company, according to the messaging environment and business requirements.

Premium Anti-Spam in Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
Learn about Microsoft FSE’s industry-leading anti-spam capabilities.

Security Features in Microsoft Online
This white paper describes how the Microsoft concern for security, as defined in the Trustworthy Computing initiative, has driven key features in the design, deployment, and operation of the Microsoft Online Services environment.Security is critical to our customers: Online services from Microsoft were built from the ground-up to be more secure by design, secure by default, and secure in operation; validated by Cybertrust Certification and SAS 70 Type II attestation.