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:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

 

Using sccm for a SINGLE thing is fairly easy. It's just when you try to use
the entire platform that things get complicated.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, October 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 desire to rush into, or learn SCCM right now simply to take
advantage of them.

 

Problem is if a 3rd party management platform costs as much as renewing our
current a/v...

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From: Rod Trent [[email protected]]
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 use to manage Forefront clients without
SCCM

 

http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/links/lite-management-solution-for-forefron
t-endpoint-protection 

 

From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:43 PM
To: NT 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.

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From: Stefan Jafs [[email protected]]
Sent: 03 October 2011 4:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Is anyone using MS Endpoint protection, I'm thinking about switching from
ESET, for 325 users. 

Anyone happy / unhappy, recommend not recommend?


 

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