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Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Antigen, providing a Web-based console to centralize configuration and operation, automate the download and distribution of signature and scan engine updates, and generate comprehensive reports. Forefront Server Security Management Console also allows administrators to rapidly respond to outbreaks and to update protection across enterprise deployments, improving organizational agility in responding to new threats. Through integration with Microsoft infrastructure, Forefront Server Security Management Console helps maintain reliability and performance of messaging and collaboration protection.
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No. Forefront Server Security Management Console will not be included in either the Exchange Enterprise CAL or Enterprise CAL Suite, and must be purchased separately.
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Pricing for Forefront Server Security Management Console will be available through your Microsoft account representative or your authorized reseller when the product becomes generally available. You can visit the Forefront server security How to Buy page for more information.
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Forefront Server Security Management Console supports Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1, Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Antigen for Exchange, Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager. Forefront Server Security Management Console does not support Sybari Antigen 8.0 or earlier products.
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Forefront Server Security Management Console is licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing in the Microsoft Online Services program on a per-server subscription model. Customers need to purchase licenses only for the servers on which they are running Forefront Server Security Management Console—not for each messaging or collaboration server it manages.
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Through its Rapid Update Process, Microsoft monitors all partner scan-engine vendor Web sites for updates, downloads and validates new engine versions and signatures as they become available, and then posts them online. Forefront Server Security Management Console regularly polls the Microsoft update site and automatically downloads the new engines and signatures as soon as they are available. Forefront Server Security Management Console then distributes the signature and engine updates to all Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Antigen deployments within the environment. This helps ensure that all Forefront server security products have the latest updates.
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Forefront Server Security Management Console is localized into 11 languages: English, German, French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese (Brazil), and Russian.
