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Forefront Protection Suite Pricing and Licensing

The Forefront Protection Suite is the next generation release of the Forefront Security Suite. The Forefront Protection Suite delivers comprehensive protection across endpoints, servers and the network edge and provides significant value over acquiring these products stand-alone.

Microsoft continues to invest in improving the security experience and delivering value to our customers, and with the release of the Forefront Protection Suite, we are adding new technologies to help protect businesses against malware, spam and malicious or compromised Web sites. The new products available as part of the Forefront Protection Suite in 2009 are highlighted in the chart below:

November 2009

December 2009

  • Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server*

  • Forefront Online Protection for Exchange*

  • Forefront Client Security

  • Forefront Security for SharePoint

  • Forefront Security for Office Communications Server

  • Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server

  • Forefront Online Protection for Exchange

  • Forefront Client Security

  • Forefront Security for SharePoint

  • Forefront Security for Office Communications Server

  • Forefront Threat Management Gateway Web Protection Service**

*New products added to the suite

**Available December 2009

 

NOTE: Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 server is not included in the Forefront Protection Suite. This product is licensed on a per-processor basis and is required to use the Forefront Threat Management Gateway Web Protection Service.

Licensing

Forefront Protection Suite is licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing (MVLS) in the Microsoft Online Services program on a per-user or per-device subscription model. This license includes all product upgrades, relevant antivirus or antispam scanning engine updates, and security signatures for all components during the license period.

Customers can license Forefront Protection Suite as part of the following Microsoft licensing programs:

  • Enterprise Agreement

  • Enterprise Agreement Subscription

  • Select

  • Academic Select

  • Government Select

  • Open Value

  • Open Value Subscription

  • Server Provider License Agreement

  • High Volume Services

  • Campus and School Agreements

Pricing

The estimated annual subscription prices for an organization with at least five users are:

Product

Estimated Prices

Description

Microsoft Forefront Protection Suite

$53.50 US per user, per year

Forefront Protection Suite includes Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for SharePoint and Forefront Security for Office Communications Server. It will also include Forefront Threat Management Gateway Web Protection Service as of Dec. 1, 2009.

Upgrade Rights

Customers who purchased Forefront Security Suite automatically get access to Forefront Protection Suite, as well as any new products that are added to the suite while they have a valid license agreement.

Downgrade Rights

Purchasers of Forefront Protection Suite will be licensed to use the previous versions of all component products including

  • Microsoft Antigen for Exchange, Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager to protect Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000 environments.

  • Microsoft Antigen for SharePoint to protect SharePoint Portal Server 2005 and Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 environments.

  • Microsoft Antigen for Instant Messaging to protect Live Communications Server 2005 environments.

How to Buy