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Download free trial and beta versions of Microsoft Forefront products today. When you register for trial or beta software with your Windows Live ID you may receive product evaluation information from Microsoft via e-mail. Before downloading and installing a Microsoft Forefront product, please check the system requirements. 

There is no assisted support for trial or beta software. If you have technical questions during your evaluation, please visit the Forefront TechCenters on TechNet. Additional information about the terms of use for software provided on this site can be found here.

Forefront Server Security Management Console

Forefront Server Security Management Console helps businesses protect their Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments against viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content.

Free for 120 days.

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Forefront Identity Manager 2007

Forefront Protection Manager provides a single console for Enterprise-wide visibility and reporting of threats and vulnerabilities while centrally managing end point protection, on-premise and cloud-based messaging security as well as remote access to SharePoint Server.

Next Generation Product

Forefront Identity Manager

Forefront Identity Manager (formerly ILM “2”) changes the current state of identity management by providing powerful end user self-service capabilities.

Forefront Client Security

Forefront Client Security provides unified virus and spyware protection for business desktops, laptops, and server operating systems.

Free for 120 days.

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Forefront Protection for Exchange Server

Forefront Protection for Exchange Server incorporates multiple
scanning engines from industry-leading partners into a single solution to detect viruses and spyware faster and more effectively than single-engine solutions.

 

Free for 120 days.

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Forefront Online Protection for Exchange

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange consists of layered technologies to actively help protect businesses’ inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and e-mail policy violations.

Requirements

  1. Validate you have authoritative control over a domain and can change the domain's MX record

  2. Supply IP address or hostname of e-mail server that will receive filtered e-mail

  3. Supply technical contact information

Review the trial activation process (PDF) to ensure you have the proper information prior to submitting the service request

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Forefront Security for SharePoint

Forefront Security for SharePoint helps protect your collaboration servers from viruses, unwanted files and inappropriate content.

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Forefront Protection for SharePoint

Forefront Protection for SharePoint helps protect SharePoint libraries while combining multiple anti-malware scanning engines from industry-leading security partners with file and keyword filtering to provide comprehensive protection against the latest threats.

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Office Communications Server 2007

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (OCS) provides fast and effective protection against IM-based malware by including multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners. It can also help reduce corporate liability by blocking IM messages that contain inappropriate content.

 

Free for 120 days.

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Forefront Threat Management Gateway

Forefront Threat Management Gateway is a secure Web gateway that protects users from malware and other Web-based threats.

 

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Forefront Unified Access Gateway

Forefront Unified Access Gateway delivers comprehensive, secure remote access to corporate resources for employees, partners, and vendors on both managed and unmanaged PCs and mobile devices.

 

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Active Directory Rights Management Services

Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) in Windows Server 2008 helps safeguard digital information from unauthorized use—both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall.

Free for up to 240 days

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Windows Identity Foundation

Windows Identity Foundation helps .NET developers build claims-aware applications that externalize user authentication from the application, improving developer productivity, enhancing application security, and enabling interoperability.

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Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 and Windows CardSpace 2.0

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 helps IT professionals efficiently deploy and manage new applications by reducing custom implementation work, helping establish a consistent security model, and facilitating seamless collaboration between organizations with automated federation tools. Windows CardSpace 2.0 helps users navigate access decisions and helps developers build customer authentication experiences for users.

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