Protection & preservation for e-mail
Filtering

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange

Internet-based support for your existing e-mail.

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.

Download the Forefront Online Protection for Exchange datasheet: Word | XPS

How Filtering Works with Exchange Hosted Services

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Service Components

Policy Enforcement
Active content, connection and policy-based filtering

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange helps administrators enforce policies they set up to comply with corporate policies on e-mail usage and with government regulations.

Spam and Virus Protection
Multi-engine spam and virus scanning

Using layers of anti-spam technology and multiple antivirus engines, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange removes spam and viruses—both known and unknown—from e-mail before the malware reaches corporations.

Real-Time Message Trace and Reporting

Real time reporting and the powerful Message Trace tool give administrators insight into their e-mail environment by retrieving the status of any e-mail processed by Forefront Online Protection for Exchange in real-time.

Disaster Recovery

If the destination e-mail server becomes unavailable for any reason, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange helps to ensure no e-mail is lost or bounced by automatically queuing e-mail for up to five days, attempting to deliver the e-mail every 20 minutes.

Service Level Agreements

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange includes comprehensive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that include:

Network infrastructure

Network uptime: 99.999%
E-mail delivery: Average delivery commitment of less than one minute

Filtering accuracy

Virus Blocking: 100% protection against all known e-mail viruses
Spam Capture: Capture of at least 98% of all inbound spam e-mails
False Positive Ratio: False positive commitment of less than 1 in 250,000 e-mails

Additional Information

Technical Requirements

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Exchange Hosted Encryption work with any e-mail platform
Exchange Hosted Encryption requires Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
The Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services Directory Synchronization tool is optional, and requires:
- Windows Server 2003 SP2
- Active Directory (single-forest topology)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (required for Safelist aggregation synchronization feature)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Exchange Hosted Archive and Exchange Hosted Continuity require Microsoft Exchange Server 2000(SP3), 2003(SP1) or 2007
Web applications are accessible via a Web browser (Internet Explorer 6 or 7, Firefox 2.0 or higher)

Business Ready Security

The Secure Messaging solution helps you deliver more secure business communication from virtually anywhere and on virtually any device, while preventing unauthorized use of confidential information.

Try

30-60 Day Trial for Forefront Online Protection for Exchange. Trials expire at the end of the next calendar month after provisioning.

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange trial requirements

Validate you have authoritative control over a domain and can change the domain's MX record
Supply IP address or hostname of e-mail server that will receive filtered e-mail
Supply technical contact information

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

Continue a current trial by signing into the Microsoft Exchange Hosted Service Administration Center