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Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook

By : Andrew J Plue
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Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook

By: Andrew J Plue

Overview of this book

Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (previously known as Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012) protects client and server operating systems against threats with leading malware detection technologies. Built on Configuration Manager, it provides a unified infrastructure for client security and compliance management and "Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook" will help you get to grips with vital tasks for implementing this security tool. With the release of System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection, Microsoft is continuing its commitment to offering a cutting edge, enterprise- ready Anti-Virus solution. With its practical and easy to follow recipes, "Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook" fully prepares you for a simple, headache-free migration. This hands-on, practical cookbook will have you equipped with the knowledge to install and manage System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection like a pro in no time by following step by step recipes. You'll gain insight into a wide range of management tasks, such as building your SCEP infrastructure, deploying SCEP clients and building the perfect AV policies for your workstation and servers. You'll also benefit from a complete SCEP walk-through in a bonus appendix chapter. With "Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook" in hand, you will have the confidence to tackle essential tasks like deployment, policy and much more for SCEP.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Preparing your environment for SCEP


SCEP works on a wide range of Microsoft operating systems and almost any flavor of Windows run by a modernized organization. The quick rule of thumb is: if the system can handle an SCCM 2012 client (Windows XP SP2 for x64 and SP3 for x86, or above), it can run the SCEP client. It is essential to identify any legacy systems that will not support SCEP and plan accordingly.

Although SCEP does a great job of removing a competitive AV client before it installs itself, it's a good idea to make sure that your current AV is not going to impede the installation of SCEP in any way.

This recipe contains a series of questions that will assist you in determining your level of preparedness before deploying SCEP. As mentioned in Chapter 2, Planning and Rolling Installation, if your systems already have an SCCM 2012 client installed, then they already have the installation media for SCEP on their hard drive. What we are preparing to do here is, effectively, just flipping...