Forefront Team Blog

News, updates and insights about enterprise identity and security solutions.

Video: School District uses "Geneva" to simplify access

As demonstrated at RSA (and reported on CNET) the Lake Washington School District-- comprised of 50...

Author: jbsid Date: 05/15/2009

CSO Magazine Online: Free webcast on information protection.

Did you know? 63% of data compromises take months to discover and 48% of breaches take weeks to...

Author: jbsid Date: 05/12/2009

Microsoft code-name “Geneva” Beta 2 Now Available

Today Microsoft released beta 2 of “Geneva,” our open platform that dramatically simplifies user...

Author: jbsid Date: 05/11/2009

Germany embraces “Geneva” and claims-based model

Hallo von München Deutschland! I’m at the 3rd annual European Identity Conference hosted by analyst...

Author: jbsid Date: 05/07/2009

Forefront Anti-Spam Resource Center

More than 97% of all email is spam! And it is more than annoying…it also creates the ideal...

Author: jbsid Date: 05/06/2009

Webcasts on secure collaboration & messaging

Register here for webcasts on using Forefront and Windows solutions to better secure collaboration...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/30/2009

Forefront Online Security for Exchange

One of the news items we announced with the April 16 introduction of the Business Ready Security...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/29/2009

Cloud Security

Hi all – Doug Leland here, general manager of the Identity and Security Business Group. Today at the...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/28/2009

Business Ready Security and Windows 7

Here's a quick video from the RSA Conference last week, grabbed from the Windows Security Blog. JG...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/27/2009

Forefront "Stirling" beta 2

Last week, as part of introducing the Business Ready Security strategy, we publicly released beta 2...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/23/2009

The analysts weigh in

As part of last week's introduction of our Business Ready Security strategy, we posted several...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/22/2009

Award-winning solutions

Today Info Security Products Guide, a leading publication on security-related products and...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/21/2009

End to End Trust and Business Ready Security

I’m Doug Leland, general manager of the Identity and Security Business Group here at Microsoft. On...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/20/2009

Register for 'Is There a Cloud in Your Future?' Webcast

On Tuesday, April 28 at 11:00am PDT, Microsoft will continue its webcast series on 'How to Invest in...

Author: grantkd Date: 04/17/2009

Business Ready Security

Today the Identity and Security Division at Microsoft introduced what we call our Business Ready...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/16/2009

The Microsoft Identity and Security Strategy

Tomorrow the identity and security team at Microsoft will unveil new information about its strategy...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/15/2009

SIR volume 6

Yesterday Microsoft published volume 6 of its Security Intelligence Report. For those not familiar...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/09/2009

Using Multiple Engines for Fast, Effective Protection of IM Environments

From the Forefront Server Security blog: Forefront Security for Office Communications Server...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/07/2009

Schedule Update for Forefront “Stirling”

Microsoft is providing an update on release timing for Forefront code name “Stirling,” an integrated...

Author: jbsid Date: 04/03/2009

Bob Muglia on doing more with what you have

Today Microsoft posted an article featuring Server and Tools president Bob Muglia discussing smart...

Author: jbsid Date: 03/30/2009

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) RTM Now Available!

FSOCS provides fast and effective protection against IM-based malware for OCS 2007 and OCS 2007 R2...

Author: mchan Date: 03/17/2009

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 SP1 – Common Criteria EAL4+

I’m Bill Jensen, Senior Product Manager for ISA Server and the upcoming Forefront Threat Management...

Author: jbsid Date: 03/13/2009

Forefront TMG Feature Deepdive – ISP Redundancy

Hi Forefront community, My team members on the Forefront Threat Management Gateway project recently...

Author: jbsid Date: 03/10/2009

The Case for Forefront

Today Enterprise Networking World posted a thorough overview of the Microsoft edge, client and...

Author: jbsid Date: 02/11/2009

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) Beta 3 is released!

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) Beta 3 Now Available! FSOCS...

Author: mchan Date: 01/23/2009

"Morro," OneCare and Forefront

There's currently a good deal of buzz about yesterday's announcement of Microsoft's plans for a...

Author: jbsid Date: 11/19/2008

Forefront solutions in the new Windows Essential Servers

You may have heard about last week's launch of Windows Essential Business Server 2008 and Small...

Author: jbsid Date: 11/18/2008

Forefront Client Security/NAP Readiness Assessent in New MAP Toolkit

Earlier this week Microsoft introduced the new Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2. MAP is...

Author: jbsid Date: 11/07/2008

Announcing IAG Service Pack 2

I’m Uri Lichtenfeld, product manager for the Intelligent Application Gateway and today I’m very...

Author: jbsid Date: 11/02/2008

Forefront Client Security wins VB100 award for Windows Server 2008 anti-malware

Good news: Virus Bulletin magazine has awarded Forefront Client Security another “VB100” award, this...

Author: jbsid Date: 10/02/2008

Independent research firm recognizes Microsoft NAP as a leader in Network Access Control

Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) solution was cited as a leader (the top category) in a...

Author: jbsid Date: 09/18/2008

A Closer Look into Forefront Client Security Service Pack 1 - available now

Today we are releasing Microsoft Forefront Client Security Service Pack 1 (SP1), which supports: ·...

Author: grantkd Date: 08/26/2008

The importance of botnets in computer security

Several of the characteristics of botnets are not only significant in and of themselves, but are...

Author: tzink Date: 07/25/2008

What makes hackers tick?

Why do hackers do what they do? Are they motivated by something? Altruism? Greed? Strafor examined...

Author: tzink Date: 07/22/2008

Great Momentum for Microsoft’s Security and Identity Partners

My name is Mark Hassall and as Director in the Identity & Security Business Group at Microsoft...

Author: katek Date: 07/21/2008

We’re gaining our Identity at Forefront: introducing the Identity & Security Division

We've just had a reorganization in Microsoft's Server & Tools Business (STB) that combines the...

Author: davidburt2000 Date: 06/19/2008

Forefront Client Security Will Offer Broad Support for Windows Server 2008, Including Hyper-V, NAP, and Server Core

Today at the Tech Ed IT Professional Conference, we announced that Forefront Client Security will...

Author: davidburt2000 Date: 06/10/2008

Forefront Security for Office Communication Server Beta Now Available

Today at the Tech Ed IT Professional Conference, Microsoft announced the availability of the first...

Author: davidburt2000 Date: 06/10/2008

Prism Consulting Analysis: Forefront Client Security has Lower TCO than Competitors

Prism Consulting has released a new Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis of desktop anti-malware....

Author: davidburt2000 Date: 06/09/2008

Technet Radio Podcast on Stirling

Microsoft Forefront Codename "Stirling" Overview (Part 1 of 2) Microsoft Forefront codename...

Author: davidburt2000 Date: 06/03/2008

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