Implementing Microsoft ForeFront Security for Exchange
Takeaway: You've seen the Microsoft ads saying how it's easier to defeat viruses using ForeFront than it is to kill zombies. Maybe. But just how hard is it to get ForeFront up and running? And what does it do? Brien Posey explains. Keeping viruses out of an Exchange Server organization is of critical importance to an organization's wellbeing. After all, the vast majority of the viruses in the world are designed to be delivered through e-mail. Antivirus applications that are specifically designed to protect Exchange Server are nothing new. Such applications have existed in one form or another for well over a decade. Even so, there is always been one major problem associated with protecting an Exchange Server from viruses, and that is keeping the virus definition files up to date. Fortunately, Microsoft now offers a product called Microsoft ForeFront Security for Exchange that is designed to help alleviate this problem. In this article, I will explain what makes ForeFront Se...