As of January 18, 2011, Microsoft will be signing antivirus engines used by Antigen with a new certificate in order to continue to ensure secure and reliable virus-engine updates. This will require a new certificate implementation on any Windows 2000 server running Antigen 9.0.

Please see the following Knowledge Base article for clear and detailed instructions on implementing this new certificate: As of 18th January 2011, a new certificate is required to continue updating virus engines for Antigen 9 installed on Windows Server 2000

Rob McCarthy, Sr. Support Engineer

On behalf of the security team at Microsoft, I am pleased to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 1 for Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint.

On January 17th Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 1 for Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP) to provide a series of product enhancements and new features. For a complete list of the new features and enhancements included in this rollup, along with directions for download, please see the Knowledge Base article: Description of Hotfix Rollup 1 for Forefront Protection for SharePoint

As the installer runs, Server service restarts may be necessary, so please plan accordingly when applying this hotfix rollup.

Rob McCarthy, Sr. Support Engineer

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 Console (FPSMC) to provide centralized management for the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint servers in your environment. FPSMC provides multi-server management through a browser-based interface, and supports the following features:

·         Signature redistribution

·         Policy (configuration) deployment

·         Centralized incident, spam, and engine version reporting

·         Centralized quarantine management

·         Auto discovery of new servers

·         Integration with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange

For a complete list of features included in this free release, along with directions for download and installation, please go to: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=31f66155-50f0-4665-adc0-de94da027ed7

Andrew Schiano

Software Development Engineer in Test

On behalf of the Security team at Microsoft, I am please to announce the release of Hotfix Rollup 2 for Microsoft's Forefront Security for Office Communications Server.

On December 15th, Microsoft shipped Hotfix Rollup 2 for Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) to provide a series of product enhancements and new features.

For a complete list of the new features and enhancements included in this rollup, along with directions for download, please see the following Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2482040  

As the installer runs, server service restarts may be necessary, so please plan accordingly when applying this Hotfix Rollup.

Regards,

Robert McCarthy

CSS Microsoft Security

We would like to announce that the Forefront Protection Server Management Console 2010 (FPSMC) is currently scheduled to be available as a free download on December 17, 2010. Using a browser-based user interface, FPSMC allows administrators to centrally manage deployments of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint within their enterprise.

For more information on FPSMC, please see our previous update:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2010/10/25/forefront-protection-server-management-console-2010-update.aspx

Andrew Schiano

Software Development Engineer in Test