Many of you may have noticed warning notifications about the upcoming end-of-life date for several antivirus engines and the Spamcure antispam engine being generated by Antigen and Forefront Server Security. These notifications are intended to ensure...

On behalf of the ECS team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 4 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. On December 5th Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 4 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server ...

Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1 was released on November 29, 2007!! ( Download here .) If you are looking forward to installing Exchange 2007 SP1 and are currently using Forefront Security for Exchange Server with then please...

I am excited to announce the availability of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server for use with Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007 SP1. The team is ecstatic about this release and above is a conceptual box we printed out and signed in our ship celebration...

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server integrates multiple antimalware engines from Microsoft and industry-leading partners to provide comprehensive protection against the latest threats. People often ask us what the big deal is about using...

Hi, my name is Shrey Shah and I am a developer on the Forefront Server Security team based in Long Island, NY. I work on various projects related to engine update delivery for the Forefront Server products as well as feature development for new products...

As you might guess, DNSBL stands for DNS Blocklist. While it’s not a new technology, the usefulness of various DNS/RBL blocklists in fighting spam is indisputably immense. Over the years I’ve heard both the success stories from folks who implemented RBLs...

On behalf of the Forefront Server Protection team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Forefront Protection Server Management Console 2010 (FPSMC). On December 17th, 2010 Microsoft shipped the Forefront Protection Server Management...

Microsoft announced today the release of four service packs from the Antigen and Forefront product families that provide leading protection for customer’s Exchange and SharePoint environments. · Forefront Security for Exchange Server o Download...

Greetings! My name is Andrew, and I work in the Forefront Server Security (FSS) test group in Long Island, New York. If you’re like me (and for your sake, I hope you’re not) you spend a lot of your time reading the Forefront Security for Exchange Server...

Yesterday, we released beta versions of the next generation of Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Forefront Security for SharePoint products. We’ve made significant investments in improving how you can deploy, manage, protect, monitor and troubleshoot...

Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 has been released. The fixes that are included with in Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 are as follows. Prior to full publication of Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 we are making our customers aware that this...

My name is Andrew Schiano, and I work in Test for the Forefront Protection team. I would like to tell you a little bit about the soon-to-be released Forefront Protection Server Management Console 2010 (FPSMC) . FPSMC provides centralized management for...

Today, Microsoft released a new version of Forefront Online Security for Exchange ( FOSE ) (Release 9.1). FOSE online filtering helps protect inbound and outbound e-mail traffic from spam and viruses. FOSE can be used to provide an additional layer of...

Microsoft is aware of an issue with the Microsoft AV engine not updating on some installations of Antigen and Forefront Server Security products. Not all installations of the products are experiencing this issue, however all products may be affected....

Today we are excited to announce formal support for Forefront Server Security for Exchange SP1 and Forefront Server Security for SharePoint SP1 running on the Hyper-V platform. This is part of a larger announcement that affects multiple Microsoft products...

Here is some important news for customers using Sybari Antigen 8.0 for Exchange or Antigen 8.0 for SMTP Gateways to protect their Microsoft Exchange environment. Microsoft has decided to extend the end-of-life for Sybari Antigen for Exchange 8.0 and...

We’ve had several inquiries from customers regarding the download of Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 2 on the MVLS and VLSC sites – both on the download location and the format of the bits. First, to find the Antigen 9.0 with SP2 release on the MVLS...

Hello, my name is Molly Gilmore and I’m a program manager on the Forefront Security Rapid Response Engineering team. I work closely with our antivirus engine partners on support and technical integration issues. Others on the team and I have been working...

Microsoft is upgrading the multi-engine protection in all Forefront server security products to support a newer version of the antivirus engine. The newer version will provide customers with improved scanning times and reduced signature file size. The...

With the variety of Forefront configuration options available, often our users have questions about how our products work together to form a comprehensive server protection solution. Microsoft’s Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server engineers...

As we announced on July 1, 2009 , Microsoft is revising its engine mix on Dec. 1, 2009 for the Forefront and Antigen products. This change will allow customers to utilize a set of engines that help optimize detection, while also allowing us to invest...

Hey everyone, 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...

My name is Paul Gruner, and I am a Customer Service and Support engineer at Microsoft. We often get questions about how Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filtering (IMF) and the Antigen Advanced Spam Manager (ASM) work together. The short answer...

Hello. My name is Mitch Hall, and I am a program manager on the Forefront Server Security team. Today, we are proud to announce the release of Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server Beta 2 (FSE), which can be used with Exchange 2007 SP1 and Exchange...