1. Comprehensive protection for endpoints, messaging, and collaboration
Microsoft® Forefront™ The Suite Advantage: Comprehensive protection
Protection Suite, formerly
known as the Forefront
Delivering Comprehensive Defends endpoints in real time against
complex and emerging threats
Security Suite, offers a Protection for Your Business n Provides real-time endpoint protection
powerful combination of against threats using an integrated
Forefront Protection Suite provides end-to-
on-premises and in-the- antivirus/antispyware engine.
end protection for your IT infrastructure,
cloud security solutions reduces ongoing costs, and simplifies n Prevents users from visiting Web sites
to deliver comprehensive licensing. It includes: that harbor malicious content or do not
protection against malware comply with corporate policy.
n Microsoft Forefront Client Security
and inappropriate content
across endpoints, servers, and n Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Protects e-mail and instant messaging
the network edge. In addition Gateway Web Protection Service against malware, spam, and
to the upfront cost savings n Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 inappropriate content
associated with purchasing for Exchange Server n Best-in-class detection and response with
the suite, customers also multiple scan engines from Microsoft and
n Microsoft Forefront Online Protection
industry-leading partners.
benefit from simplified for Exchange
licensing and support. n Provides on-premises and cloud-based
n Microsoft Forefront Security for Office
antispam protection through aggregated
Communications Server
http://www.microsoft.com/ reputation services and content filtering.
forefront/en/us/ n Microsoft Forefront Security
n Blocks dangerous file types and content
suite-features.aspx for SharePoint®
containing sensitive or inappropriate
key words.
Forefront Protection Suite
Remote
Users
Messaging and
Collaboration Protection Endpoint Protection
Federated
Organizations
Forefront
Client Security
Forefront
Online Forefront Threat Forefront Forefront
Protection for Management Gateway Protection 2010 for Security for
Exchange Web Protection Service Exchange Server SharePoint Server
Users
Malware,
Spam,
Phishing File Server
Forefront Security for Office
Communication Server Malware,
Spyware, Out-of-
Policy Content

2. Secures collaboration while preventing Simplifies acquiring and deploying Delivers the efficiencies of a single
unauthorized use of confidential multiple security products vendor relationship
information n Saves customers around 30 percent over Suite customers can deal with a single
n Integrates multiple scan engines to purchasing products separately. vendor (Microsoft) to address client, server,
provide real-time protection against messaging, and collaboration security needs.
n Eliminates many redundant
malware without impeding the
configuration and deployment steps
performance or integrity of the
that customers experience with a Licensing Options
document library. Licensing for Forefront Protection Suite
multivendor, point-product deployment
n Eliminates the sharing of inappropriate approach while providing a complete, varies in the amount of investment
language in both internal and external defense-in-depth solution. customers have or plan to make in the
communications, including IRM- Microsoft platform, as well as the breadth
protected documents. Lowers training costs of the solutions they are building. Forefront
Administrators trained on one solution Protection Suite can be licensed as:
Reduced costs can easily apply the same skills to all of the n An individual SKU, for customers who
products in the suite, so it cuts the need
want the full breadth of protection
Integrates with existing Microsoft for training on solutions with multiple
offered, but who may not need the
infrastructure individual products.
complete range of infrastructure
Forefront Protection Suite enables easier, offerings provided in ECAL.
less expensive deployments through Simplified licensing
integration with Windows® operating n Part of the Enterprise CAL (ECAL) Suite,
systems and core workloads such as Simplifies licensing purchase, for customers who have invested, or
Exchange and SharePoint. Suite products management, and renewal plan to invest, in the Microsoft platform
also work with your existing Microsoft One license for the entire security solution throughout the IT infrastructure. Savings
environment, including Microsoft Systems eases license tracking and management. can be as great as 50 percent over
Center Operations Manager, SQL Server®, Customers get automatic ongoing access products purchased individually.
Active Directory®, Windows Server® Update to the latest versions of all products in
For more information about
Services (WSUS), and Network Access the suite.
Forefront Protection Suite, visit
Protection (NAP).
http://www.microsoft.com/
forefront/en/us/suite-features.aspx
Forefront Protection Suite
Secure endpoint
Delivers integrated malware protection for desktops, laptops, and servers
Forefront Client Security that is easy to manage and control.
Provides continuous updates for malware filtering and access to cloud-based
NEW Forefront Threat Management Gateway URL filtering technologies aggregated from multiple security vendors to
(TMG) Web Protection Service protect against the latest Web-based threats. (Requires Forefront TMG 2010
server, licensed separately.)
Secure messaging
Integrates multiple scanning engines from industry-leading partners to offer
NEW Forefront Protection 2010 for
fast and effective detection of viruses, worms, and spyware to protect on-
Exchange Server premises Microsoft Exchange Server environments.
Offers a cloud-based filtering service that helps protect inbound and
NEW Forefront Online Protection for
outbound e-mail traffic from spam (including phishing scams), viruses, and
Exchange Server policy violations, blocking most before they even approach the network edge.
Scans instant message conversations and file transfers for viruses, and filters
Forefront Security for Office
inappropriate content using multiple scanning engines from industry-
Communications Server leading security partners.
Secure collaboration
Protects Microsoft Office SharePoint libraries against documents
Forefront Security for SharePoint containing malicious code, unauthorized confidential information, and
inappropriate content.
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