So there is some amount of confusion on what exclusions are needed for various Microsoft products. This blog is not necessarily meant to be a definitive list, but is a compilation, a list, of KB articles that point to the various products and their individual guidance on AV exclusions.
A special shout-out to Aaron Ellison for compiling this list internally! Go team PFE!
(social wiki has a dynamic list that may be more updated here:
Enterprise Configuration Recommendations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158
Forefront Configuration:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943556
Forefront:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943620
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc707727.aspx
Windows / Active Directory:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837932
FRS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815263
SQL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422
IIS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821749 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817442
DHCP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927059
SCOM / MOM:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975931
Hyper-V:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/961804
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2628135
Exchange:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328841
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823166
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245822
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342(EXCHG.80).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342.aspx
Cluster:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/250355
SharePoint:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320111 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322941
SMS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327453
ISA:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887311
WSUS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900638
SBS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885685
DPM:
technet.microsoft.com/.../bb808691.aspx
Dynamics CRM:
http://community.dynamics.com/product/crm/crmtechnical/b/crminthefield/archive/2011/01/24/anti-virus-exclusions-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm.aspx
Hope this helps with your configurations!
Cheers, Jeff
You can add DPM in as well :
Are there any antivirus exclusions for Microsoft Certificate Services, specifically on an Enterprise CA?
@Brian - Treat this like a DC in terms of exclusions I am told, as the Certificate Service is another ESE engine. Specifically you might want to exclude the transaction logs located at "C:\windows\system32\certlog" by default. Shout out to Sean Ivey for this tidbit by the way!
Anyone have any recommendations for Windows Storage Server 2008?
How about the Microsoft Dynamics line of Enterprise Software? I found a link for Dynamics CRM:
community.dynamics.com/.../anti-virus-exclusions-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm.aspx
Anyone have any info for Dynamics AX? (AX 2009)
Great stuff Jeff!
Another one for Hyper-V / SCVMM:
support.microsoft.com/.../2628135
Includes one entry not included in the existing Hyper-V article