Features

Microsoft 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 Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server, Forefront Server Security Management Console helps maintain reliability and performance of messaging and collaboration protection.

Forefront Server Security Management Console provides:

Simplified Management

Feature	Description
Centralized Web-Based Control	Forefront Server Security Management Console provides central configuration, deployment, and updating for all Forefront server security products in enterprise environments that have multiple Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, or Windows SharePoint Services servers. This enables IT administrators to easily manage servers remotely, generate comprehensive reports, and receive outbreak alerts from across the infrastructure.
Automated Updates	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 site for updates, then automatically downloads and distributes the signature and engine updates to all Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Antigen deployments within the environment.
Automatic Server Discovery	Forefront Server Security Management Console automatically discovers new Exchange servers in an organization, helping administrators establish proper security configurations and reporting for messaging servers added to the environment.
Migration Protection	Forefront Server Security Management Console provides management for Forefront server security products, as well as Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager. This support allows organizations to monitor their protection for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server environments, and during migration to Exchange 2007.
Localization	Forefront Server Security Management Console is localized in 11 languages, making it easier for administrators to manage their messaging server security in the language of their region. Languages include: English, German, French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese (Brazil), and Russian.

Comprehensive Protection

Feature	Description
Rapid Update Distribution	Forefront Server Security Management Console alerts all Antigen and Forefront servers when new updates are ready for download and distributes them immediately, helping ensure that all servers are protected with the latest signatures. If any updates fail, administrators are notified, enabling them to quickly respond and minimize any risk of exposure.
Outbreak Response	Forefront Server Security Management Console provides outbreak alerts, giving administrators warning when their Exchange and SharePoint servers are under attack. In the case of new threats that do not yet have a detection signature, Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to create file or content filters that can be pushed enterprise-wide to help stop the outbreak in its tracks.

Feature

Description

Rapid Update Distribution

Forefront Server Security Management Console alerts all Antigen and Forefront servers when new updates are ready for download and distributes them immediately, helping ensure that all servers are protected with the latest signatures. If any updates fail, administrators are notified, enabling them to quickly respond and minimize any risk of exposure.

Outbreak Response

Forefront Server Security Management Console provides outbreak alerts, giving administrators warning when their Exchange and SharePoint servers are under attack. In the case of new threats that do not yet have a detection signature, Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to create file or content filters that can be pushed enterprise-wide to help stop the outbreak in its tracks.

Optimized Performance

Feature	Description
Mail Cluster Support	Forefront Server Security Management Console supports new Exchange Server 2007 cluster continuous replication (CCR) clusters. By monitoring and reporting on both active and passive nodes, Forefront Server Security Management Console helps ensure messaging traffic remains secure even if individual mail server nodes fail.
Redundancy	Forefront Server Security Management Console provides the ability to monitor system health and offload critical functions, like signature updates and security setting propagation, to a secondary Forefront Server Security Management Console server, if necessary, to help ensure availability, updates, and protection.
Integration with SQL Server and Windows Server 2003	Forefront Server Security Management Console uses Microsoft SQL Server for its quarantine and reporting data, helping ensure secure and reliable data management. Forefront Server Security Management Console also takes advantage of the security and performance benefits of Windows Server 2003.

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