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Microsoft Forefront products are designed to simplify deployment, configuration, management, reporting, and analysis so that you can have greater confidence that your organization is well-protected.
Benefit
Description
Simplified deployment
Utilities, such as ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool and configuration wizards, help set a solid basis for robust security installation. Forefront integration with Active Directory and System Center enable ready deployment of policies and security software. Users and administrators both benefit from the centralized distribution of up-to-date configurations, policies, and operating system or anti-virus updates for server and client hosts.
Unified reporting and analysis
Forefront centralizes the collection and analysis of security management information, because security information is stored in a single SQL Server repository, which can use SQL Server Reporting and Analysis Services to identify and interpret security events.
Simplified management
Security management and reporting is centralized in Forefront; its components integrate with System Center solutions and Windows Server Update Services. Forefront integrated management consoles offer Microsoft familiar interfaces and ease of use, reducing training time and helping to control business costs.
Simplified
Management
Protection & Access
Client Security
Server Security
Edge Security
Identity Based Access
Platform Technologies
