Microsoft is planning to finish its Microsoft Security Vital (MSE) beta and release the last edition with the plan “in the coming weeks.”From the note Microsoft sent to its beta participants:“The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in the coming weeks. If you are running the older version of the beta (1.0.1407.0), we encourage you to upgrade to a newer edition with the beta (1.0.1500.0).”MSE, codenamed “Morro,” is the replacement for Windows Live OneCare and a superset of Windows Defender. Microsoft officials have said it is meant for consumers who are unwilling or unable to pay for security software. More than 400,
Office 2010 Keygen,000 testers are believed to have downloaded the test version of MSE.Microsoft execs have begun attempting to differentiate MSE from the company;s Forefront Client product, a new version of which is due out in the beginning of 2010.I asked Microsoft a few questions from my readers recently about Forefront and how it compares and contrasts with MSE. Here are a few of them, with answers provided by a Microsoft spokesperson:Reader: Is Forefront Client supported only available for managed environments — and requires the purchase of a management console ($ 2,468/server/year!)?Microsoft: Forefront Client Safety is supported in an unmanaged environment. In fact, we have many customers who have licensed FCS and deployed it in an unmanaged manner. A good example of this is the Egyptian Ministry of Education Furthermore, when the Forefront Safety Manager is released next year, it will be offered to customers for free when they buy Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010.As a reminder,
Office 2010 Professional 32bits, Forefront Client Safety (the next version Forefront Endpoint Protection) is part of Forefront Safety Suite – an integrated, centrally managed enterprise safety suite for safety across client,
Microsoft Office Home And Business 2010, server, messaging, and network edge,
Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Product Key, all part with the Business Prepared Protection strategy.Reader: Forefront Client Security IS NOT supported on a domain controller at all (neither client, nor server components); nor on a virtual machine host (neither client, nor server components); nor on a Terminal server/gateway machine (neither client, nor server components). It is only supported on servers that have ONLY the file server role installed. So how can MS say this is a SMB solution?Microsoft: Forefront Client Security (client agent) is supported on different server roles including domain controller, hyper-v environment and servers running terminal services. Latest information on supported platforms for client and server installation is provided here: Reader: Will Microsoft continue to preload Windows Defender on Windows machines with Windows 7? Or is the expectation we will have to buy Forefront client?Microsoft: Yes,
Microsoft Office Home And Student 2010, defender is part of Win7.Reader: How can this be this true? Microsoft Protection Essentials is NOT supported for businesses of any kind. Not only that, but it is licensed for consumer use only, and carries similar license wording to Office Home & Student.Microsoft: Microsoft Safety Essentials is designed for home use. It requires no registration, trials or renewals and will be available for download directly from Microsoft. Microsoft continues to offer safety solutions for businesses using the Forefront line of products as part of its Business Ready Safety strategy . However Microsoft Safety Essentials may be a good solution for small home offices with only a few individually managed PCs.Any other questions you have on either MSE or Forefront client? Fire away and I;ll try to get some more Microsoft answers.