Forefront Team Blog
News, updates and insights about enterprise identity and security solutions.
Forefront Protection for Exchange white papers galore
We've published the following white papers for deploying and managing the new Forefront Protection...
Author: jbsid Date: 12/11/2009
Microsoft to acquire Sentillion for improved healthcare through streamlined identity and access
Today Microsoft's Health Solutions Group announced the acquisition of Sentillion, a company based in...
Author: jbsid Date: 12/10/2009
Dark Reading, customers and analysts on TMG
Leading security news site Dark Reading reports on the release of Forefront Threat Management...
Author: jbsid Date: 12/07/2009
New Forefront enterprise security solutions for safe, productive web surfing and remote access
Following the last month’s launch of Forefront Protection for Exchange, today we are announcing more...
Author: jbsid Date: 12/03/2009
Follow Forefront on Twitter
If you are a Twitter fan, be sure to follow us at https://twitter.com/MS_Forefront ! Our own John...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/30/2009
New release of Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
This week we released an update to Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) - our hosted...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/20/2009
Video discussion of Windows Identity Foundation
Watch Vittorrio Bertocci’s interview of Conrad Bayer, Director of Program Management for Identity...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/17/2009
Available now: Windows Identity Foundation for building more secure, simplified access to cloud applications
Today at our Professional Developers Conference Microsoft announced the availability of Windows...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/17/2009
Video from TechEd on Forefront Protection for Exchange and Business Ready Security
Identity and Security Business Group Director Joe Licari discusses FPE and the road ahead for...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/09/2009
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server launches
Today at the TechEd Europe conference, in conjunction with the launch of Exchange Server 2010,...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/08/2009
Developers: Try out the Windows Identity Foundation Release Candidate
Windows Identity Foundation (formerly called code name Geneva framework) is a new Microsoft .NET...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/06/2009
Action by Dec 1 - keep your protection current!
A reminder from the Forefront Server Security blog. As we announced on July 1, 2009, Microsoft is...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/04/2009
Forefront secure messaging screencast & interview
Cristian Mora Aguilar, Forefront Technical PM, starts off by briefly telling us about Microsoft's...
Author: jbsid Date: 11/03/2009
Direct Access and UAG video - Deep dive with a Program Manager
Ben Bernstein and Stephen Bowie tell us what the value is for Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)...
Author: jbsid Date: 10/27/2009
Forefront scores in VB100
Forefront Client Security (FCS) received its 10th consecutive VB100 award in the October 2009...
Author: jbsid Date: 10/13/2009
Schedule and Strategy Update for Forefront Endpoint Protection
Today we are announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, a...
Author: jbsid Date: 10/08/2009
MSFT Identity and Access news: Forefront Identity Manager RC1 and ADFS 2.0 SAML interoperability
The RC1 release of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) is available today here. The next version...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/30/2009
Steve Ballmer on The New Efficiency
Making business decisions regarding IT investment is tougher than ever. To help, today Microsoft...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/29/2009
Microsoft Security Essentials available tomorrow
Microsoft Security Essentials, the new no-cost, anti-malware service that helps protect consumers...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/28/2009
Forefront Identity Manager RC1 at TEC 2009
Forefront Identity Manager Release Candidate 1 will be released on Sept 30 - moving closer to final...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/15/2009
CERN replaces Symantec with Forefront
CERN - the European Organization for Nuclear Research - recently announced in its computing...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/10/2009
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server RC
If you're not already aware...the Release Candidate of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/04/2009
Forefront Client Security v1.0 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Forefront Client Security (FCS) v1.0 is fully supported on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as...
Author: jbsid Date: 09/03/2009
Forefront tops VB100
British tech publication V3.co.uk recently posted an article with the headline Third of anti-virus...
Author: jbsid Date: 08/06/2009
The ID Element
If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to pay a visit to The ID Element - the one stop shop for all...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/30/2009
ID and Security in the Cloud
Many companies and IT leaders are eager to realize the benefits of cloud computing, but security is...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/24/2009
Analyst: The market impact of security/identity integration
Analyst Jon Oltsik of the Enterprise Strategy Group writes a column for Network World called...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/21/2009
Pushing Information Cards forward
Earlier this week the international open standards consortium OASIS announced that its members -...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/17/2009
Forefront Unified Access Gateway beta 2
I’m very pleased to announce that today Forefront Unified Access Gateway Beta 2 is available for...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/13/2009
Business Ready Security news at WPC
This week in New Orleans Microsoft is hosting its annual Worldwide Partner Conference. We made...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/13/2009
Forefront Security for SharePoint Manual Scan Issues
Microsoft has become aware of two interrelated issues affecting a Manual Scan in Forefront Security...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/08/2009
The multi-engine advantage...and updates
Today we posted a white paper about the Microsoft antimalware engine strategy and changes beginning...
Author: jbsid Date: 07/01/2009
Forefront: CCTM Certified for UK government use
Last week West Coast Labs announced that Forefront Client Security has received the CESG Claims...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/30/2009
Survey says: Security the top challenge for IT pros
Today Microsoft released findings from a survey of 1200+ IT professionals in the US, UK, Germany and...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/23/2009
Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly 'Morro') and Forefront
Today, Microsoft released a public beta of its new, free consumer anti-malware product codenamed...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/23/2009
Server & Tools Business Exec discusses state of IT, answers your questions on June 23
Are you interested in hearing about how other IT pros are reacting to economic conditions and where...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/18/2009
Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 – Ready for Download!
Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 – the last planned beta – is now available to the public...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/09/2009
New version of Forefront Online Security for Exchange
Today, we released a new version of Forefront Online Security for Exchange (Release 9.1). This...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/09/2009
Forefront for Pharma
Headquartered in Albany, New York, AMRI provides wide-ranging scientific services to pharmaceutical...
Author: jbsid Date: 06/02/2009
Microsoft tops AV-Comparatives' testing
AV-Comparatives.org published the May edition of its proactive/retrospective testing to measure 16...
Author: jbsid Date: 05/29/2009
Trial and win!
Check out the Forefront Trial Download Sweepstakes: "Don’t miss the chance to win one of three...
Author: jbsid Date: 05/27/2009
Self-Service Online HR to Save MOD Millions of Pounds Over 10 Years with
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) is providing secure access to 10,000 “orphaned users” who work...
Author: jbsid Date: 05/22/2009
The integrated approach to client security
When PhillipCapital and the Australian government's Customs Service needed to improve the way they...
Author: jbsid Date: 05/21/2009
Overcoming security fatigue
Here's a brief video featuring analyst Scott Crawford of Enterprise Management Associates discussing...
Author: jbsid Date: 05/20/2009
Business Ready Security webcasts
Register here for a new series of webcasts on the entire lineup of Forefront products supporting the...
Author: jbsid Date: 05/19/2009