On behalf of the Forefront Server Security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 5 for the Forefront Server Security Management Console (FSSMC)!   Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 5 for the FSSMC on August 26th, 2010.   For a complete list of the new features and fixes included in this rollup along with di.. more »

On behalf of the Forefront Server Security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9 for Exchange, Service Pack 2! On August 27th 2010 Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9 for Exchange, Service Pack 2 For a complete list of the new features and fixes included in this rollup along with .. more »

Here are the details of a recent test cycle our performance lab conducted for publishing Exchange with Unified Access Gateway (UAG) RTM. It should be noted that all sorts of factors impact performance, such as usage profiles, published applications, hardware, etc. With Exchange, results are also impacted by the overall usage ratio between the .. more »

I recently had a customer ask about how to do SSO with an email address and not the samAccountName. Knowing that Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is VERY flexible, the answer is of course , and this blog outlines how. My customer has a need to hold non-employee accounts in their directory. Specifically, they use Active Directory (AD) for .. more »

We got reports from folks who published Outlook Anywhere through UAG and noticed their (apparently large) Offline Address Book (OAB) is not being updated. David Bahat from our test team came up with the following procedure that solves the problem. After you have published Exchange, open Advanced Trunk configuration -> Click the Portal Tab –> Cl.. more »

I recently had a customer ask about setting the timeout in Unified Access Gateway (UAG) on a per-user basis. By default, UAG allows you to determine this at the portal on an application basis, but not on a per-user basis. Knowing that UAG is VERY customizable, this blog outlines how to accomplish this. UAG defines an “Inactivity Timeout” sett.. more »

Forefront Security for SharePoint (FSSP) includes a number of registry settings that control most of the configuration settings. The charts below provide information about the various settings. The first table gives information about several registry settings that are recommended and/or frequently used to improve FSSP’s performance. The second ta.. more »

If you are managing multiple SharePoint servers with Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP) installed and would like to share your FPSP configuration settings among your various installations, you can use PowerShell to export the settings from one configured instance of FPSP and then import the settings into other instances of FPSP. Micah .. more »

We’re excited to announce that a new solution for multi-server management of Forefront Server Protection products is now available for download! The Microsoft® Forefront® Protection Server Script Kit provides multi-server management for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint®. In addition to the a.. more »

Hi, my name is Scott Floman, and I'm a technical writer in the Every few months or so, we update our existing “legacy” documentation on our TechNet Web site, and this post is to make you aware of our recent August 2010 update. (p.s. By “legacy” content I mean products that are already supported in production environments, such as Forefront Protecti.. more »

I just watched a great in depth video presentation of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange (FPE) by Alex Nikolayev that he gave as part of a Forefront Virtual Event. Alex discusses the new features of FPE and gives a tour of the major features, with a special emphasis on the new spam filtering options. Alex also touches on the integrated FPE.. more »

Since UAG came out earlier this year, our customers and partners are increasingly interested in  a deeper dive into UAG, for a better understanding of how to get the most of the product. We are happy to inform you that in the near future PACKT publishing from the UK will be releasing a book about UAG, written by Erez Ben Ari and Ran Dolev. The f.. more »

Forefront UAG has passed Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2 tests during April  2010, based on the UAG Update 1 release.  I’m pleased to announce that we have completed certification registration, and UAG is now listed in the Windows Server Catalog as a certified product. This certification is an indication that the product has met explicit stan.. more »

We get quite a few calls from administrators who ask if they can manually update their Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint scan engines. Well, the short answer is yes, but the long answer is a bit longer, so in order to provide guidance to those of you who wish to manually update the .. more »

On behalf of the Forefront Server Security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 2 for Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 3! On July 20th 2010 Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 2 for Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 3 For a complete list of the new features and fixes .. more »

I want to announce and tell you a bit about our plans to provide multi-node management for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP). Our new Forefront Protection Server Management Console (FPSMC) 2010 is in the works and aForefront Protection Server Script Kit (FPSSK) will be available .. more »

If you are looking for a tutorial on how to install Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) on an Exchange server, look no further. The Forefront Server Protection Information Experience (iX) team recently created two videos that guide you through a basic install and post-install verification. Installing Microsoft Forefront Protection .. more »

On behalf of the Forefront Server Security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 2 for Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Service Pack 2! On July 20th, 2010 Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 2 for Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Service Pack 2 For a complete list of the new features and fixes .. more »

This is just a reminder that support for e-Gap 3.6 is going to end next week (July 13th, 2010). Please also note that there are no extended support or custom support agreements offered for eGap 3.6.   For more information please refer to: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=13396   Ophir Pol.. more »

Last week, the Forefront Server Protection team had two releases of note for our Best Practices Analyzer (BPA). A BPA from Microsoft is generally released alongside server software to help you ensure that you configure the software properly. When we released FPSP earlier this month, we also released a BPA to accompany it. Our BPA needs to be .. more »