Microsoft is making available for download the Release Candidate (RC) test build of its Forefront Endpoint Safety customer software program.Forefront Endpoint Protection could be the new name for Forefront Client Safety (FCS). Microsoft reiterated on November eight the item is nonetheless on the right track to be released to manufacturing prior to the end of calendar 2010. Microsoft announced the RC availability around the opening day of its TechEd Europe conference in Berlin on November eight.Microsoft made on the market in July a beta of Forefront Endpoint Safety (also like a beta of its absolutely free sibling,
Office Ultimate 2007 Key, the updated version of Microsoft Safety Essentials). The new edition of MSE is also slated to ship prior to the end of this 12 months.Forefront Endpoint Protection — which is based on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 – is designed to provide protection for XP,
Office 2007 Ultimate Key, Windows Server 2003 and all subsequent versions of Windows consumer and server. The coming release includes the same anti-virus engine that is part of MSE; new behavioral threat detection; better safety against “unknown” and “zero day” threats; Windows Firewall management; and on-demand signature updates from the cloud.Microsoft is pitching Forefront customer as its security offering for business users of any size,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2007, from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. It is pitching MSE as being for consumers,
Office 2010 Standard, and,
Windows 7 Discount, being a couple of months ago, small businesses with up to 10 PCs.