Forefront Protection 2010 For Exchange manual update
In order to offline update you can use following procedure when Forefont Protection 2010 for exchange server does not have internet connection.
- Download the powershell script for offline update.
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2292741
- Save it as update.ps1 or whatever you want :) .
- Create a directory for download updates like c:\FFupdates
- Execute the Update.ps1 Powershell script, providing any necessary parameters. The format of the command is as follows:
.\update.ps1 -EngineDirPath C:\ffupdates\ -UpdatePathUrl https://forefrontdl.microsoft.com/server/scanengineupdate/ -Engines "Microsoft", "Norman", "Command", "Kaspersky", "WormList", "Cloudmark" -Platforms amd64, x86
Parameters ;
Update.ps1 = the script which is using for offline update
C:\ffupdates = The directory to serve as the root engines directory
-UpdatePathUrl https://forefrontdl.microsoft.com/server/scanengineupdate/ = The update path used to pull the updates from
-Engines "Microsoft","Norman", "Command", "Kaspersky","WormList", "Cloudmark" = The list of names of engines to update
-Platforms amd64, x86 = The list of names of platforms to update
- When the process end the output should be like this ;
- Share c:\FFupdates folder with necessary permissions for Exchange servers.
- In the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Administrator Console, click Policy Management, and then under Global Settings, click Advanced Options
- In the Global Settings - Advanced Options pane, in the Intelligent Engine Management section, using the Engine management drop-down list, select Manual.
- In the Update scheduling section, select the engine whose update settings you want to change.
- Click the Edit Selected Engines button
- Configure primary or secondary update path to download updates from the directory which is you created before by using a UNC path of a share name, such as \\server_name\ share_name
- Save the configuration
- Click Update all engines now button
