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Microsoft Forefront is a family of security products that have been designed to protect businesses. The product line has been developed with a focus on breadth and depth of security, ease and integration. Microsoft Forefront provides security for client and server operating systems, application servers, and the network edge. It includes the following products:


 * Client & Server Operating System Security
 * Microsoft Forefront Client Security


 * Application Server Security
 * Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
 * Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint
 * Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (Beta)
 * Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console


 * Network Edge Security & Access
 * Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006
 * Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (next version of ISA Server)
 * Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007
 * Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (next version of IAG)


 * Integrated Security System
 * Microsoft Forefront codename "Stirling" (Beta)

Microsoft Forefront Product Details
The following section provides an overview of the Microsoft Forefront products.

Microsoft Forefront Client Security
Microsoft Forefront Client Security provides detection and removal of viruses, spyware, rootkits, and other threats. The product has a central management system that administrators can use to both configure the product and report on threats and vulnerabilities in their environment. Microsoft provides a free time-limited trial of this product that can be obtained from Microsoft TechNet.

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Products
Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server helps protect Microsoft Exchange messaging infrastructures from infection and downtime through a layered defense approach. The product enables administrators to select several anti-virus engines from a variety of vendors and run them together to protect Exchange from viruses, worms and spam. Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 is the most recent release, and provides support for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Windows Server 2008, as well as content filtering and manageability enhancements. Microsoft provides a free time-limited trial of this product that can be obtained from Microsoft TechNet.

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint also integrates multiple anti-virus scan engines from a variety of vendors and provides content controls to help businesses protect their Microsoft Office SharePoint collaboration environments. Forefront Security for SharePoint also provides keyword filtering for file and content, as well as support for Open XML and IRM-protected documents. Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 2 is the most recent release. Microsoft provides a free time-limited trial of this product that can be obtained from Microsoft TechNet.

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to manage Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint together through a single management system. The Forefront Server Security Management Console features include configuration, deployment, updating, and reporting. Microsoft provides a free time-limited trial of this product that can be obtained from Microsoft TechNet.

Edge Security and Access Products
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 is designed to protect the network perimeter (or edge) with firewal, VPN, application publishing and strong authentication technologies. The product has an extensive management system to aid configuration, monitoring and reporting. Microsoft provides a free time-limited trial of this product that can be obtained from Microsoft TechNet.

Microsoft recently announced that the next generation of ISA Server will be called Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway and released a beta version of that product.

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 is an appliance based product that provides an secure socket layer (SSL)-based VPN and policy based application publishing. Microsoft recently announced that the next generation of IAG will be called Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway.