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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

Dealing with Endpoint Protection issues


Issues with Endpoint Protection are most commonly caused by Windows services not working correctly, malfunctioning Windows instances, or perhaps other issues such as malware. For Endpoint Protection to work, it needs different services to work smoothly, such as Windows Management Instrument (WMI), Local Group Policy, Windows Update, to name a few important ones. Not forgetting the System Center Configuration Client as well, which is very important and will also give you an indication of the health status of the operating system as it does a few health checks. Here, we will look into how to identify and work out some of these issues.

Getting ready

In order to accomplish this, you need to have an account that has local administrator privileges on the targeted machines.

You also need full access to the Endpoint Protection role in the System Center Configuration Manager Console.

How to do it…

Opening the System Center Endpoint Protection Status view in the...