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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Henriksen
Book Image

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Henriksen

Overview of this book

System Center Configuration Manager is now used by over 70% of all the business in the world today and many have taken advantage engaging the System Center Endpoint Protection within that great product. Through this book, you will gain knowledge about System Center Endpoint Protection, and see how to work with it from System Center Configuration Manager from an objective perspective. We’ll show you several tips, tricks, and recipes to not only help you understand and resolve your daily challenges, but hopefully enhance the security level of your business. Different scenarios will be covered, such as planning and setting up Endpoint Protection, daily operations and maintenance tips, configuring Endpoint Protection for different servers and applications, as well as workstation computers. You’ll also see how to deal with malware and infected systems that are discovered. You’ll find out how perform OS deployment, Bitlocker, and Applocker, and discover what to do if there is an attack or outbreak. You’ll find out how to ensure good control and reporting, and great defense against threats and malware software. You’ll see the huge benefits when dealing with application deployments, and get to grips with OS deployments, software updates, and disk encryption such as Bitlocker. By the end, you will be fully aware of the benefits of the System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection anti-malware product, ready to ensure your business is watertight against any threat you could face.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Index

Introduction


It's obvious that having a good working solution for delivering definitions, engine updates as well as program updates is of the essence for security reasons. For example, it is important to have Definition updates to make Endpoint Protection able to detect new sorts of malwares and Engine updates, to improve Endpoint Protection with new methods and smart features.

But what do I mean by program updates? Well by this I mean that you have to keep up with new releases of the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). When you do an upgrade of SCCM you will get a new version of the SCCM client as well as the Endpoint Protection client agent.

In fact, when running the new platform from 1511, you must update your complete SCCM infrastructure to be at a supported level. Meaning, for example that support for SCCM version 1511 expires December 2016, that is twelve months after release date.

When you start the SCCM Console you will receive an alert if there are available updates for your...