Protection & preservation for e-mail
Filtering

Microsoft Forefront Online Security for Exchange

Internet-based support for your existing e-mail.

Forefront Online Security 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 Security for Exchange datasheet: Word | XPS

How Filtering Works with Exchange Hosted Services

Forefront Online Security for Exchange Service Components

Policy Enforcement
Active content, connection and policy-based filtering

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

Spam and Virus Protection
Multi-engine spam and virus scanning

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

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 Security for Exchange in real-time.

Disaster Recovery

If the destination e-mail server becomes unavailable for any reason, Forefront Online Security 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 Security 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 Security for Exchange and Exchange Hosted Encryption work with any e-mail platform
Exchange Hosted Encryption requires Forefront Online Security 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 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (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) and 2007
Web applications are accessible via a Web browser (Internet Explorer 6 or 7, Firefox 2.0 or higher)

Try

30 Day Trial for Forefront Online Security for Exchange

Forefront Online Security 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