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Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Released to Manufacturing

At a little over a month since it pushed Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 into Release Candidate stage, Microsoft has released the product to manufacturing. Ahead of the RC milestone, TGM 2010 went through no less than three Beta releases, a period of which Microsoft users to harvest feedback on the sec...

17 November 2009
06:37 GMT

Download Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server

Concomitantly with the worldwide availability of Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft also announced the release of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. Following day one of the TechEd Europe conference, customers around the world will be able to acquire Exchange Server 2010, and, for those that opt for Microsof...

10 November 2009
05:21 GMT

Microsoft Forefront and Antigen Multiengine Mix Evolution Reminder

As December 1st approaches, customers running Microsoft Forefront and Antigen products will need to take a series of steps in order to align themselves with the company’s strategy for items of the two product line-ups. The software giant announced on July 1st, that it would be revising its engine mix, and the ...

6 November 2009
06:59 GMT

Forefront Products Tailored to Windows Server 2008 R2

In some scenarios, Microsoft too is nothing more than a software vendor racing to make its products compatible with the latest Windows client and server operating systems. It is the case of the Forefront line-up of security solutions, some of which have already been tailored to Windows Server 2008 R2, and some that s...

2 November 2009
04:30 GMT

Forefront Threat Management Gateway RC Escrow Builds

Microsoft is extremely close to entering the final stretch with the development process of the evolution of the Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server). Having released Beta 3 of Forefront Threat Management Gateway just three months ago, the Redmond-based company is now hammering away at the first Rele...

14 September 2009
08:31 GMT

Microsoft Forefront Codename 'Stirling' VHDs Available

Microsoft is offering customers a taste of Forefront Codename "Stirling" via the Download Center. At the end of the past week, the Redmond company started offering virtual hard disk images of Forefront Codename "Stirling." But while the download page for the integrated security system is live since August 27, 2009, f...

31 August 2009
04:09 GMT

Join the Microsoft Telemetry Service and Impact the Quality of the Product

Microsoft is promising Forefront customers that by joining the Microsoft Telemetry community they will have the chance to impact directly its security products, by boosting the quality of the protection delivered. In this regard, Moshe Golan, senior program manager, Forefront, GAPA invited Forefront Threat Management...

13 July 2009
05:50 GMT

Forefront Client Security Receives CCTM Certification

Forefront Client Security has been certified for use by UK governmental and public sector agencies. At the end of June 2009, Forefront Client Security received the CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM), accreditation awarded by West Coast Labs. Microsoft was little shy of applauding the fact that Forefront managed to live u...

1 July 2009
04:48 GMT

Microsoft Owns 2.3 % of the Worldwide Security Solutions Market

Just ahead of the launch of Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, formerly codenamed Morro, analysis firm Gartner indicated that the Redmond-based company accounted for a share of just 2.3% of the worldwide security solutions market. Microsoft currently focuses mainly on offering business customers security product...

23 June 2009
09:23 GMT

Forefront Unified Access Gateway Beta Drops in a Couple of Weeks

Microsoft is gearing up to debut into Beta the remaining security solution of the two edge products that the company announced would be offered under the Forefront brand over a year ago at the Interop conference in Las Vegas. In just a few weeks customers will be able to test drive the evolution of Intelligent Applic...

12 June 2009
04:35 GMT

Microsoft Debuts Forefront Anti-Spam Resource Center

Microsoft indicated that the Forefront anti-spam resource center was designed to provide customers with solutions and resources capable of protecting them from the deluge of unwanted email. In the Security Intelligence Report volume 6 (July - December 2008) released in April 2009, the Redmond company indicated that o...

7 May 2009
06:04 GMT

Multiple Engines for IM Environments Security via Forefront

Microsoft is boasting the advantages delivered by using multiple antimalware engines in it security solution for corporate IM environments. Forefront Security for Office Communications Server is just such a product, the Redmond company emphasized, indicating that customers benefit from antimalware engines developed i...

9 April 2009
12:27 GMT

Forefront Stirling Security Suite Delayed

Microsoft has so far been telling customers that its Forefront Stirling security suite was on track for availability by mid-2009. At the end of the past week, the Redmond company informed that not only would Stirling not be available in the first half of this year, but that the delivery of some components had been pu...

6 April 2009
09:23 GMT

Introducing Microsoft Paladin

Microsoft is hard at work building a technology designed to streamline and speed up the process associated with vulnerability analysis. Paladin was introduced at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, with the Redmond company indicating that the security toolset serves to enhance the response time when it comes down...

23 March 2009
05:36 GMT

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server RTM

Microsoft has moved Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) out of Beta. Released to manufacturing this week, the gold version of FSOCS is already available for download at no cost at all, provided that the bits are run in testing environments. Microsoft is in fact offering for download the 120-da...

17 March 2009
06:01 GMT

Download Forefront Threat Management Gateway Tools

At the start of February 2009, Microsoft made available for download Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2, a secure Web gateway tailored to corporate IT infrastructures. On March 4, 2009, a collection of tools designed to integrate seamlessly with Forefront TGM went live on the Microsoft Download Center and are...

5 March 2009
06:53 GMT

Microsoft Working to Fix Antigen/Forefront Memory Consumption Issues

Microsoft is working to fix a memory consumption issue affecting customers of its Antigen and Forefront security solution, indicating that at fault is the Norman antivirus engine. According to Microsoft, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Forefront Security for Office Communica...

2 March 2009
07:07 GMT

New Windows Server “Flavor” - Pizza

No, Windows Server is not going to come in a new pepperoni flavor, in addition to the traditional SKU, but fact is that editions of Microsoft's server-based Windows operating system will play a role in running the next-generation store system platform for the Domino’s Pizza delivery chain. The world's...

2 February 2009
09:56 GMT

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Beta 3 Available

Taking IM security one step forward, Microsoft has announced the availability of the third Beta of the Forefront Security for Office Communications Server. The Beta bits were delivered at the end of the past week, and the Redmond company indicated that it planned to release FSOCS to manufacturing in just a couple of ...

27 January 2009
04:39 GMT

Win a $10,000 Server System from Microsoft

Via the Forefront Trial Download Sweepstakes, Microsoft is offering users the chance to win a $10,000 server system. The Redmond company has tied the promotion with the downloads of trial versions of its security offerings for businesses under the Forefront brand umbrella. According to the software giant, the entire ...

23 January 2009
07:04 GMT

Morro Antivirus (for Windows 7, Vista SP2 and XP SP3) Just for Consumers

Introduced in 2005, Windows Live OneCare is heading for an early grave, with Microsoft planning to discontinue license sales of the all-in-one PC care and security product come June 30, 2009, and to offer support only as long as existing subscriptions will last. In the place of OneCare, the company is cooking what it...

21 November 2008
08:34 GMT

Forefront Stirling Virtualized Evaluation Version Available for Download

Microsoft has made available for download a virtualized evaluation version of Forefront codenamed Stirling. Essentially, the Redmond company is offering users a pre-configured Virtual Hard Disk designed to enable the test driving of Stirling. The VHD downloads weigh in as much as 16 GB, and deliver a wide range of se...

18 June 2008
07:03 GMT

Microsoft Adds New Edge Security Products

The Interop conference in Las Vegas was the stage where Microsoft introduced two new edge security products debuted under the Forefront brand umbrella. The Forefront Unified Access Gateway, together with the Forefront Threat Management Gateway are the latest additions to the Forefront line of products. In this manner...

30 April 2008
06:01 GMT

Free Security Bundle from Microsoft: Forefront Stirling Beta for Vista

Forefront codename Stirling Beta is designed as an integrated security system bundling multiple solutions together and aimed at Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and 2008 as well as Windows XP SP2. Microsoft said nothing about the support offered for Vista SP1 and XP SP3, but as Stirling integrates with both Win...

9 April 2008
03:19 GMT

Microsoft Plans to Add Rootkit Detection to Windows Live OneCare

Windows Live OneCare is right on track to getting an anti-rootkit upgrade. Microsoft plans to added rootkit detection capabilities to its line of security products, but not only OneCare will be impacted by the change. The Forefront line of enterprise security solutions will also feature the added rootkit detection ca...

20 March 2008
12:31 GMT

What's New in Microsoft Land: 11 - 15 February, 2008

Yahoo! put an end to all the speculations around Microsoft's unsolicited bid on Monday. The answer was a big no, thank you, and the motivation was that the Sunnyvale-based company's board considered that the offer greatly undervalued Yahoo! The proposal of $44.6 billion, or $31 per share, was forwarded to t...

16 February 2008
13:06 GMT

Microsoft Getting Ready for Security as a Service - in the Cloud

As 2007 comes to an end, the focus moves on the coming year, with predictions aiming to anticipate the favors of 2008. Microsoft makes no exception to this rule, as the Forefront team, courtesy of David Burt, Product Manager, Communications, presented its forecast for 2008, from a security perspective. Burt has a lis...

27 December 2007
05:45 GMT

Spyware, Adware, Spam, Data Loss, Phishing? Take Your Pick!

Delivering user protection is not a process limited to installing a security solution. It is, in fact, knowing the threat environment to a level where the familiarity will be synonymous with superior security. And while for home users deploying a multi-purpose antivirus is a sufficient move, the same is not valid in ...

19 December 2007
04:40 GMT

Microsoft Fattens Up Its Security Ranks

Microsoft is fattening up its security ranks, announcing that Ron Moritz has switched over from CA. A somewhat "green" player in the industry, elbowing its way among household names, such as Symantec, McAfee and Kaspersky, the Redmond company is keen on swallowing up an as big as possible slice of the multi-billion ...

17 December 2007
03:05 GMT

1.2 Million Trial Downloads of Forefront Solutions

In the least year, Microsoft has experienced a strong demand for security solutions from its Forefront line. According to Margaret Arakawa, senior director of Security & Access Product Marketing at Microsoft, Forefront products have cumulated in the past 12 months alone in excess of 1.2 million downloads, counting th...

14 November 2007
10:26 GMT

Microsoft to Throw $50 Million at Forefront

Microsoft announced that it is prepared to throw no less than $50 million at the forefront line of security products in order to attempt and exit the shadow of household names such as Symantec, McAfee and Sophos. Microsoft is the underdog of the current business security market, after the debut of the Forefront secur...

11 July 2007
11:47 GMT

Microsoft Announces Its Solution for Forefront Business Security

"Stirling" is a product based on a single management console that provides protection across client, server applications and network edge and that represents the newest Microsoft`s Forefront product. Unveiled on 4th of June 2007, "Stirling" delivers unified security management and reporting and makes Microsoft the f...

9 June 2007
07:04 GMT

Symantec and Sophos Downplay Microsoft's Relevance

Rival security developers Symantec and Sophos have made a united front against Microsoft, and downplayed the relevance of the Redmond Company's presence in the industry. Both security companies adopted similar contemptible perspectives when dealing with Microsoft and aimed at the technology that is at the basis ...

9 May 2007
10:37 GMT

Free Download of Microsoft Business Antivirus for Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate

Microsoft has made an evaluation edition of its business antivirus available for download. Microsoft Forefront Client Security Evaluation Edition has gone live yesterday May 1, 2007. Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 Evaluation Edition can also be downloaded and will be valid for a total of 90 days. Forefront...

2 May 2007
10:39 GMT

Microsoft Forefront Security Drops in May, 2007

Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off its business security products. During a visit in Europe, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that the final version of Forefront Client Security will be released in just a few weeks pointing to May 2007 as the official launch month. Forefront Client Security is a com...

24 April 2007
09:18 GMT

Microsoft's Forefront Security Is Hilarious

Got some time to spare? Then head over at Microsoft's official website for Forefront and you will not regret it. However, you must know from the get go that no zombies, ninjas, aliens or secret agents were harmed in the making of this website. Microsoft has debuted a new marketing campaign for the Forefront secu...

10 April 2007
02:55 GMT


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