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Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010: FEP Reports may not display properly
From Angela Latimer, CSS If you are using Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010, you may have...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/19/2011
Announcing Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Beta!
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 beta is here! We are extremely excited to announce the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/15/2011
CNAMEs and FEP installation
From Shain Wray, CSS Using a CNAME (alias) DNS record for the server name when installing the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/13/2011
FCS - Upcoming solution for installation issues with March 2011 Update
We have been working hard on a solution for customers that encountered issues with our update in...
Author: DHill-MSFT Date: 03/31/2011
Build your own custom help file from TechNet!
So I’ve been around here at Microsoft for a bit, and have been working with Microsoft products (and...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/28/2011
MMS and FEP!
Hi Everyone, Microsoft Management Summit is just a few days away in Las Vegas. We hope to see you...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/18/2011
FCS v1 March 2011 update
Update 10 March 2011 We have received reports of an installation issue with our March update of...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 03/08/2011
Using the SMSMap tool to document FEP components in your ConfigMgr hierarchy
From Jeff Tondt Visio is one of the most popular tools for creating diagrams that describe effective...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/04/2011
FEP, MSE and FCS - and Windows 7 SP1
Hello folks! Did you know that Windows 7 SP1 is available for download? Windows 7 SP1 brings some...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/03/2011
Microsoft SpyNet?
So have you ever wondered what the Microsoft SpyNet opt in page is really all about? Microsoft...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 02/22/2011
Reporting Workbooks
Hello! A while back we posted a reporting workbook for the Forefront Endpoint Protection Security...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 02/04/2011
Using the MscSupport tool to collect data for troubleshooting
The MscSupport tool is a tool designed to collect support data to troubleshoot Forefront Endpoint...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 02/01/2011
Changing the FEP2010 Reporting Account
The FEP2010 Reporting account is defined during the FEP server setup, with the installation of the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/28/2011
FCS: 64-Bit Clients do not report the antimalware version in the Computer Details report in the Forefront Client Security management console
An issue has been identified in Forefront Client Security (FCS) where when viewing the computer...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/25/2011
Limited FEP Administrators….
One of our support engineers, Jeramy Skidmore, has posted a fantastic article on how to provision a...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/24/2011
FEP data collection job fails periodically
We wanted to update you about an issue with FEP that you may have seen in your organization. This is...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/24/2011
FEP Capacity Planning Worksheet
Greetings! Attached to this blog post is the FEP Datawarehouse Space Capacity Planning worksheet....
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/19/2011
FCS Path based exclusions do not apply to mount points
Hi, If you’ve configured path based exclusions in FCS 1.0, you may notice that mount points in...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/19/2011
FEP 2010 - Deploying Client KB981889 Ahead of Time
FEP 2010 clients require the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) rollup package KB981889 on Windows...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/17/2011
How to advertise the FEP client to install from a Distribution Point
By default, the FEP 2010 Deployment – Install package is configured to download and run the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/12/2011
Configuration Manager, FEP and OSD
Hey folks – are you using Configuration Manager’s OSD (Operating System Deployment) feature to...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/12/2011
Announcing the Release of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
Hello! We’re proud today with this significant milestone to both Microsoft and you, our...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 12/16/2010
Forefront Endpoint Protection information on the TechNet Wiki!
Hello, We've been busily working at adding information about Forefront Endpoint Protection to the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 12/15/2010
Monitoring Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 – Customized reports
In the previous posts, we’ve described the FEP monitoring experience using FEP dashboard,...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/16/2010
Monitoring Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 – Security alerts
In previous posts, I’ve described the monitoring experience in Forefront Endpoint Protection...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/15/2010
Monitoring Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - FEP operational reports
In an earlier post we mentioned the integration of FEP with Configuration Manager and described the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/11/2010
Advanced Policy Management with Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
FEP Overview FEP 2010 is implemented as both an extension to System Center Configuration...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/10/2010
Monitoring Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 – the FEP Dashboard
Forefront Endpoint Security 2010 (FEP) Release Candidate was just released. In this post, we will...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/09/2010
FEP and TechEd Europe 2010
Hello! If you're attending TechEd Europe 2010, And you want to learn more about Forefront Endpoint...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/08/2010
FEP 2010 Support for the Datacenter
Hello Administrators, Today we announce Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 release...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/07/2010
QFE9 KB2394433 introduces RTP error 0x8007007f on Windows 2000
There is an issue with the changes made in QFE9 (KB2394433) that prevents the Antimalware minifilter...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 10/20/2010
FCS and WSUS maintenance…..
Microsoft antimalware definition updates accumulate over time and can affect more than just database...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 10/11/2010
Understanding how Forefront Client Security responds to potentially unwanted software
Analysts at the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) apply objective criteria to software to...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 09/17/2010
Using a script to automate UNC definition updates
The FEP 2010 client has the ability to use a UNC share to host updates for the antimalware...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 09/16/2010
Announcing the Forefront Endpoint Protection Community Evaluation Program
A note from our product group: The Microsoft® Forefront™ team is pleased to announce that...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 09/14/2010
New notification resource…
Hello folks, We wanted to let you know that we’ve got a blog available, the sole purpose of which is...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 09/14/2010
How to deploy Forefront Endpoint Protection Beta 2010 Clients using Configuration Manager
By Alon Rosental Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Beta is available for Public download! So now...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 08/30/2010
Forefront Client Security Offline Asset Removal Tool available
Our support folks have created a tool that enables you to remove permanently offline computers from...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 08/18/2010
Introducing Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
From Ariel Katz, Director of Program Management: I am pleased to announce that Forefront Endpoint...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 07/19/2010
Excuse our dust a bit more...
Hello folks, Just as an FYI - we’re renaming this blog to more closely align with the general...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 07/19/2010
Recent updates to the Client Security Best Practice Analyzer
At the end of last week we published additions to the FCS BPA. The revisions are again described in...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 06/29/2010
Package Chaining summary from Kurt Falde….
Hey folks, Kurt Falde, one of our Support Escalation Engineers, create this summary about the recent...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/21/2010
Support Clarification
As Windows 2000 nears the end of it’s support cycle, we wanted to make sure you had the most...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/21/2010
Update packaging changes…
Hey folks, Just a heads up that the way in which the FCS definition updates are packaged is being...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/03/2010
Tech*Ed North America 2010
It’s that time of year again folks – and the Forefront group will be in attendance at Tech*Ed 2010...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/02/2010
Keeping FCS up to date
FCS antimalware updates are classified in WSUS as critical updates. Therefore, if you want to...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/26/2010
And we’re back!
Update completed! How do you like our new digs?
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/24/2010
Pardon our dust….
The system on which the TechNet and MSDN blogs run is in the process of being upgraded. With this...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/17/2010
Event ID 81 and FCS
Are you occasionally seeing this in the Application log in Event Viewer on your FCS server? Event...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 04/28/2010