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MIM 2016: Anti-Virus Exclusion Considerations

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  • MIM 2016

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Antivirus Exclusions

The purpose of this article is to summarize recommended exclusions for Microsoft Identity Manager 2016.  The exclusion considerations depend on which Microsoft Identity Manager components you have installed and where. Therefore, the exclusions will be listed in terms of the Microsoft Identity Manager components and their requirements.

Synchronization Service

  • \Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager\2010\Synchronization Service\Bin
  • \Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager\2010\Synchronization Service\Extensions
  • \Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager\2010\Synchronization Service\MaData

FIM/MIM Service & Portal - Includes IIS, SharePoint 2013 Foundation, and FIM/MIM Service

  • \Windows\System32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
  • \Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
  • \Inetpub\Temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files
  • \Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories
  • \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions
  • \Users\SharePointApplicationPoolServiceAccount>\AppData\Local\Temp
  • \Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp
  • \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files
  • \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Config
  • \Users\SharePointServiceAccount>\AppData\Local\Temp\WebTempDir
  • \ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint

FIM/MIM Service & Portal - Includes IIS, SharePoint 2016, and FIM/MIM Service

  • \Windows\System32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
  • \Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
  • \Inetpub\Temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files
  • \Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories
  • \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions
  • \Users\SharePointApplicationPoolServiceAccount>\AppData\Local\Temp
  • \Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp
  • \Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\16.0\Data\Office Server\Applications
  • \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files
  • \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Config
  • \Users\ServiceAccount\AppData\Local\Temp\WebTempDir
  • \ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint

SQL 2014 Database Server

  • \Program Files\MicrosoftSQL Server\MSSQL12.<InstanceID>
  • \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Shared
  • \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools
  • \Program Files\MicrosoftSQL Server\MSRS12.<InstanceID>\Reporting Services\ReportServer\Bin

SQL 2016 Database Server

  • \Program Files\MicrosoftSQL Server\MSSQL13.<InstanceID>
  • \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Shared
  • \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools
  • \Program Files\ Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS13.<InstanceID>\Reporting Services\ReportServer\Bin

BHold - Includes IIS

  • \Windows\System32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
  • \Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
  • \Inetpub\Temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files

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See Also

Microsoft Anti-Virus Exclusion List

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References

Certain folders may have to be excluded from antivirus scanning when you use file-level antivirus software in SharePoint

Best Practices: Optimizing FIM Performance

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