RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Rod Trent
Yeah.particularly with something as comprehensive as ConfigMgr, take it slow. Roll out and use a single component at a time. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
er 03, 2011 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection Thanks Rod, I've seen their website crop up before. No mention of pricing though which always has me wary. It looks interesting as we have ForeFront CALs under our licensing scheme, but I have no

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
if a 3rd party management platform costs as much as renewing our current a/v... From: Rod Trent [rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 5:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection Truesec has an product that you can u

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Rod Trent
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection Do you have SCCM in place already? That's probably the biggest barrier IMO as it's not a "next, next, done" job and is, arguably, overkill if you just want to deploy Forefront. _ From: Stefan Jafs [s

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
Do you have SCCM in place already? That's probably the biggest barrier IMO as it's not a "next, next, done" job and is, arguably, overkill if you just want to deploy Forefront. From: Stefan Jafs [stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 4:34 PM To: NT System

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
We switched to Forefront from Eset about 3 years ago and have had no complaints. It is easy to install and monitor and it stays relatively hidden to our users which we prefer. TVK From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Rod Trent
Lots of folks are migrating and getting positive results. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection Is anyone using MS Endpoint protection, I'm thinking about switching from

Re: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Joseph Heaton
I'm using it here, but in a pretty limited scope for the time being. We're migrating from Novell to Windows AD, and we have SCCM setup in the new domain, along with about 30 or so servers, all with FEP installed. Client installation is extremely quick and painless, once the SCCM client gets in

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

2011-10-03 Thread Brian Desmond
We've rolled this out to probably 30-50K seats in the past 18 months or so across quite a few customers. It's gone well in each case and has generally saved a lot in terms of costs with customers who already have it as part of their licensing deal with MS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmo

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

2009-11-03 Thread Jon Harris
I have contacted a couple but so far there are so few non-mil (deployment to a war zone is out for me) jobs out there in this area that even the best is having issues making money. I have had more contacts from out of state than in-state, but then there is more jobs out there in the west side of t

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

2009-11-03 Thread Roger Wright
Thanks for the help. Any activity at all on the job front? Are you working with any recruiters for assistance? Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Jon Harris wrote: > I seem to remember a third option but I don't have a Forefront server > av

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

2009-11-03 Thread Jon Harris
I seem to remember a third option but I don't have a Forefront server available to me any more. Sorry I could not help more. Jon On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Roger Wright wrote: > I don't see where that option exists, either. I have two checkboxes: > 1 - Users can view all agent settings

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

2009-11-03 Thread Roger Wright
I don't see where that option exists, either. I have two checkboxes: 1 - Users can view all agent settings & messages 2 - Users can only view agent icon and status messages Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Jon Harris wrote: > Not that I ev

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

2009-11-03 Thread Jon Harris
Not that I ever was able to find but I did not go into the registry. You could just turn off the icon all together but I don't know if that is what you want. Jon On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Roger Wright wrote: > I've looked but cannot locate a means of modifying the Forefront client > ico

RE: ms forefront?

2008-02-07 Thread Ken Schaefer
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ms forefront? Tim, thank you for that information, I'll read the docs and see what decision I make on the product. As for consoles, that's alright as well, just as others on this list, one console would be nice, but we all use multiple consoles. J

RE: ms forefront?

2008-02-07 Thread Thomas Gonzalez
read, the exchange component is only for 2k7? Will it work on 2k3? Thanks Thomas From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ms forefront? The Exchange piece of

RE: ms forefront?

2008-02-07 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
are looking for. From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ms forefront? That's what I'm a bit confused by, there is a client, server and exchange, sharepoint and the CIO wants to get rid of the

RE: ms forefront?

2008-02-07 Thread Thomas Gonzalez
Thomas From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ms forefront? Which part of Forefront are you considering? There is Forefront for Clients, for Exchange, for SharePoint and

RE: ms forefront?

2008-02-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
The Exchange Server component, or the client component? We started migrating to Forefront Client Security here over the summer, replacing Symantec Anti Virus Corporate Edition. The price was right (MS pricing is very competitive in the education sector), and I liked the fact that FCS could be u

RE: ms forefront?

2008-02-07 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Which part of Forefront are you considering? There is Forefront for Clients, for Exchange, for SharePoint and for other things that I'm sure I'm not thinking of right now. I use Forefront on my Exchange 2007 servers and like it very much so far. Works great and you can't beat the price. Tim Fr