Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/feed.xml The official blog of the Forefront Server Protection product team. Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:00:50 GMT en-US hourly 1 Important Changes to Forefront Product Roadmaps https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/important-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:22:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2012/11/15/important-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps/ The latest release of Office 365 marks the beginning of some changes for products under the Forefront brand. The roadmap for these products is changing to ensure that Microsoft customers continue to receive the best deployment of security and protection solutions for their applications as new versions are developed and released. Customers can read a detailed summary of changes on the Server & Cloud blog at Important Changes to Forefront Product Roadmaps.

Some noteworthy changes to the Forefront Product Roadmaps are as follows:

  1. Forefront Online Protection for Exchange will be renamed Exchange Online Protection in its next release.
  2. Any further release of the following Forefront Products will be discontinued, and will no longer be available for purchase after December 1, 2012: Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE), Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP), Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS)

It is worth noting that Microsoft will continue providing maintenance and support for these discontinued products for some time. Most Online Service Subscriptions will continue to receive support through 2015.

Amy Doran, Technical Writer, Forefront for Office User Assistance

]]> Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/update-rollup-1-for-exchange-2010-service-pack-2 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:15:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2012/02/29/update-rollup-1-for-exchange-2010-service-pack-2/ On the Exchange Team blog they recently released an annoucement, Released: Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2, regarding Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 SP2. I wanted to call out the included note for Forefront Protection for Exchange customers who will be applying the rollup to their Exchange servers:

Note for Forefront Protection for Exchange users  For those of you running Forefront Protection for Exchange, be sure you perform these important steps from the command line in the Forefront directory before and after this rollup's installation process. Without these steps, Exchange services for Information Store and Transport will not start after you apply this update. Before installing the update, disable ForeFront by using this command: fscutility /disable. After installing the update, re-enable ForeFront by running fscutility /enable.

]]> Hotfix Rollup 4 for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange is Available https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/hotfix-rollup-4-for-microsoft-forefront-protection-for-exchange-is-available Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:29:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/12/06/hotfix-rollup-4-for-microsoft-forefront-protection-for-exchange-is-available/ On behalf of the ECS team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 4 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server.

On December 5th Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 4 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE). For a complete list of fixes included in this rollup, along with directions for download, please see our Knowledge Base article: Hotfix Rollup 4 for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange.

As the installer runs, server service restarts may be necessary, so please plan accordingly when applying this hotfix rollup.

Rob McCarthy, Sr. Support Engineer

]]> Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server - Frequently Asked Questions https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/forefront-protection-2010-for-exchange-server-frequently-asked-questions Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:57:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/11/30/forefront-protection-2010-for-exchange-server-frequently-asked-questions/ With the variety of Forefront configuration options available, often our users have questions about how our products work together to form a comprehensive server protection solution. Microsoft’s Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server engineers recently sat down to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about FPE. If you are interested in finding out more about FPE and Edge transport integration, reporting, policies, or spam quarantine access rights, head over to the updated Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE 2010) FAQ on the TechNet wiki. You will find answers not only to users’ scenario questions but also a high-level overview of the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server product.

After looking through the FAQ, let us know what you think by leaving a comment on the wiki page or this blog post. Do you have questions we didn’t cover in the FAQ? Check out the full list of help documents in the TechNet FPE 2010 library at Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server.

Timothy Rich - Technical Writer for Office User Assistance

]]> Forefront Protection Server Management Console FAQs and Best Practices https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/forefront-protection-server-management-console-faqs-and-best-practices Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:52:30 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/11/01/forefront-protection-server-management-console-faqs-and-best-practices/ We recently added a topic to the TechNet Wiki called Forefront Protection Server Management Console FAQs and Best Practices. We wanted to make available this troubleshooting and best practices content for our customers using FPSMC, which allows you to manage multiple instances of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. We hope you find it helpful. If you are a member of the TechNet wiki community, feel free to add your own FPSMC tips and tricks.

]]> New Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Content - Planning and Architecture https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/new-forefront-protection-2010-for-exchange-server-content-planning-and-architecture Thu, 05 May 2011 10:02:30 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/05/05/new-forefront-protection-2010-for-exchange-server-content-planning-and-architecture/ We have updated the Protecting your Exchange servers section of the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) Planning and Architecture documentation to give you more information about how the product can protect your organization from messaging threats. Specifically, the Understanding spam processing section discusses how the product’s spam filtering layers (connection filtering, SMTP filtering, and content filtering) work, including more “under the hood” details about how specific types of spam are detected and removed.

We hope you find this new content to be helpful as you configure FPE to protect your Exchange messaging environment.

Tony Trivison - Forefront for Office User Assistance

]]> Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Performance Data https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/forefront-protection-2010-for-sharepoint-performance-data Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:41:51 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/04/28/forefront-protection-2010-for-sharepoint-performance-data/ Hi all,

I wanted to point Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP) customers to a TechNet Wiki article that was recently written. The purpose of this article is to provide performance data that shows FPSP’s enhanced performance over the previous version of the product, Forefront Security for SharePoint (FSSP). It also describes the overall system performance overhead in adding FPSP to your SharePoint environment, and provides configuration options for further improving system performance if you so desire.

 Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Performance Data
 
Thanks for reading.
 
Scott Floman
Forefront for Office UA

 

]]> Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange is Available https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/hotfix-rollup-3-for-microsoft-forefront-protection-for-exchange-is-available Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:02:39 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/04/19/hotfix-rollup-3-for-microsoft-forefront-protection-for-exchange-is-available/ On behalf of the security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 3 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange.

On April 18th Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 3 for Forefront Protection for Exchange (FPE) to provide a series of product enhancements and new features. For a complete list of the new features and enhancements included in this rollup, along with directions for download, please see our Knowledge Base article: Description of Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange.

As the installer runs, server service restarts may be necessary, so please plan accordingly when applying this hotfix rollup.

Rob McCarthy, Sr. Support Engineer

]]> Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server is Available https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/hotfix-rollup-3-for-microsoft-forefront-security-for-office-communications-server-is-available Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:59:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/04/19/hotfix-rollup-3-for-microsoft-forefront-security-for-office-communications-server-is-available/ On behalf of the security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server.

On April 18th Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) to provide a series of product enhancements. For a complete list of the enhancements included in this rollup, along with directions for download, please see our Knowledge Base article: Description of Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server.

 As the installer runs, server service restarts may be necessary, so please plan accordingly when applying this hotfix rollup.

 Rob McCarthy, Sr. Support Engineer

]]> Wikipedia Entries for Forefront Server Protection and FOPE https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/fss/wikipedia-entries-for-forefront-server-protection-and-fope Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:15:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/fss/2011/02/02/wikipedia-entries-for-forefront-server-protection-and-fope/ Hi All,

Just wanted to call to your attention that Wikipedia entries have been posted for the following Microsoft Forefront products:

Feel free to improve and expand upon this content.

Thanks,
Scott Floman
Technical Writer – Forefront for Office

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