Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Beta 2

Microsoft has released beta 2 of the Forefront Server Security Management Console.  Here’s what MS have to say about it:

It "… allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint and Microsoft Antigen, providing a web-based console to centralize configuration and operation, automate the download and distribution of signature and scan engine updates, and generate comprehensive reports. Forefront Server Security Management Console also allows administrators to rapidly respond to outbreaks and update protection across enterprise deployments, improving organizational agility in responding to new threats. Through integration with Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server, Forefront Server Security Management Console helps maintain reliability and performance of messaging and collaboration protection".

Long story short: It gives you a central console to manage the common functionality of each of MS’s corporate anti-malware solutions.

There is a user guide that you can download.

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