Microsoft launches Forefront Protection 2010

[Chiefcrowe]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10392756-245.html

 

[Schadenfroh]

Looks like I can get this for free via MSDNAA, any point in using it over Security Essentials for a home PC?

 

[Chiefcrowe]

If you get it free, you should use it. At least I would. It seems to have more functionality and I'm pretty sure that the definitions are uploaded more frequently.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Does it run on WHS yet?

 

[Scarpozzi]

A guy I work with was telling me that it takes a little more setup to get the policies working with this...but it will take more testing before we know how well it stacks against Symantec, McAfee, etc...

It's cheaper, but if misconfigured, it basically catches nothing.

 

[ncage]

A guy I work with was telling me that it takes a little more setup to get the policies working with this...but it will take more testing before we know how well it stacks against Symantec, McAfee, etc...

It's cheaper, but if misconfigured, it basically catches nothing.

I don't know about central management part of it but otherwise it works fine. There isn't any difference from it and the MSE V.2 . When you say misconfigured the only misconfiguration you could do is somehow screw up definition updates. There aren't many options to configure just like MSE. MSE has generally done very well in test. I really like NIS but don't much like SEP. SEP seems heavy compared to NIS. Maybe someone who knows more about it will correct me but i think you can only get program updates by actually downloading updates manually. The only thing you get through Live Update (or managed updates) is definition updates. We only tend to get new versions at work when we get a new pc or they have to rebuild our existing one. FEP 2010 will get them through Windows Update of course. I can get FEP 2010 for free through my MSDN. I could also get SEP through work if i wanted. I chose FEP.