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VB100 for FCS and MSE: Forefront Client Security received its 11th consecutive VB100 award for the December 2009 Edition of Virus Bulletin . Microsoft Security Essentials for consumers received its first VB100 award for its very first submission. In order to be awarded the Read More...
Posted 14 December 09 09:26 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Dark Reading, customers and analysts on TMG: Leading security news site Dark Reading reports on the release of Forefront Threat Management Gateway - including some insightful quotes: Analyst Rob Enderle: "By focusing on the employee, Microsoft is beginning to address what I believe are some of the Read More...
Posted 07 December 09 09:17 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Follow Forefront on Twitter: If you are a Twitter fan, be sure to follow us at http://twitter.com/MS_Forefront ! Our own John "JG" Chirapurath, senior director in the MSFT Identity and Security Business Group, is leading the Forefront Tweet charge in his typically pithy way. Come Read More...
Posted 30 November 09 07:11 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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New release of Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: This week we released an update to Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) - our hosted service providing anti-malware and anti-spam for both on-premises Exchange and Exchange Online. FOPE can be used as an alternative to the new Forefront Protection Read More...
Posted 20 November 09 07:46 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Available now: Windows Identity Foundation for building more secure, simplified access to cloud applications: Today at our Professional Developers Conference Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), a new extension to the .NET Framework that makes it easier for developers to create more secure applications with interoperable, Read More...
Posted 17 November 09 04:35 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Windows Server 2008, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: The 7 th volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) was released today. The top finding is that worms infections in the enterprise rose by nearly 100 percent during the first half of 2009. According to the report, rogue security software Read More...
Posted 02 November 09 05:01 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Forefront scores in VB100: Forefront Client Security (FCS) received its 10th consecutive VB100 award in the October 2009 Edition of Virus Bulletin . In order for a product to be awarded the VB100 award, it must detect 100% of the WildList malware samples and must not have any false Read More...
Posted 13 October 09 10:04 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Schedule and Strategy Update for Forefront Endpoint Protection: Today we are announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite (previously codenamed “Stirling.”) We are delaying the release Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - anti-malware Read More...
Posted 08 October 09 09:00 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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MSFT Identity and Access news: Forefront Identity Manager RC1 and ADFS 2.0 SAML interoperability: The RC1 release of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) is available today here . The next version of Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, FIM 2010 dramatically improves enterprise identity management by delivering powerful self-service capabilities for Read More...
Posted 30 September 09 02:00 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Intelligent Application Gateway, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Steve Ballmer on The New Efficiency: Making business decisions regarding IT investment is tougher than ever. To help, today Microsoft hosted a special VIP Business Leadership Roundtable event. CEO Steve Ballmer and moderator Robert Youngjohns, President of the Microsoft US Subsidiary, discussed Read More...
Posted 29 September 09 10:56 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Security Essentials available tomorrow: Microsoft Security Essentials, the new no-cost, anti-malware service that helps protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software, will be available tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 29. It requires no registration, trials or renewals and Read More...
Posted 29 September 09 04:44 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Forefront tops VB100: British tech publication V3.co.uk recently posted an article with the headline Third of anti-virus vendors fail to protect Vista . The latest tests conducted by independent anti-virus testing organization Virus Bulletin have revealed that 12 out of 35 Read More...
Posted 06 August 09 05:34 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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Forefront Unified Access Gateway beta 2: I’m very pleased to announce that today Forefront Unified Access Gateway Beta 2 is available for download from www.microsoft.com/uag . This beta release marks an important milestone in Microsoft’s remote access strategy as it brings together a host of Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 11:04 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
Filed under Intelligent Application Gateway, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners
Business Ready Security news at WPC: This week in New Orleans Microsoft is hosting its annual Worldwide Partner Conference. We made several announcements today at the conference about our identity and security solutions. This news is part of our Business Ready Security strategy to help both Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 05:01 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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Forefront: CCTM Certified for UK government use: Last week West Coast Labs announced that Forefront Client Security has received the CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM) ,which provides a government quality mark for malware detection and performance, based on accredited independent testing. CESG is the UK Read More...
Posted 30 June 09 11:12 by Forefront Blogger | 1 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, events, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners

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