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Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server is licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing in the Microsoft Online Services program on a per user or per device monthly subscription model for internal sites, and a per server monthly subscription model for Internet-facing sites. This license includes all antivirus scan engines, signatures, and product upgrades during the license period.
Customers can license Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server as part of the following Microsoft licensing programs:
Enterprise Agreement
Enterprise Agreement Subscription
Select
Academic and Government Select
Open Value
Open Value Subscription
Server Provider License Agreement (SPLA)
High Volume Services
Campus and School Agreement
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server is available for purchase as a stand-alone product and as part of three company-wide suites—Exchange Enterprise CAL, Enterprise CAL Suite, and Forefront Protection Suite.
Standalone Products
Exchange Enterprise CAL
Forefront Client Security
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
Forefront Security for SharePoint
Forefront Security for Office Communications Server
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
Other Server CALs and technologies
The estimated annual subscription prices for an organization with at least five users are:
Product
Estimated Prices
Description
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
$15.00 US per user, per year
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server includes multiple scan engines from industry-leading security firms integrated into a single solution to help businesses protect their Exchange Server messaging environments from viruses, worms, and spam.
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server External Connector
Varies
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server can also be used to protect Exchange Servers being accessed by external users through an Exchange External Connector license. Forefront Security for Exchange Server External Connector subscriptions are licensed per server, with one server license required for each Exchange Server External Connector license protected.
Customers who purchase Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server to protect Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will also be licensed to use Microsoft Antigen for Exchange, Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager to protect their Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environments.
