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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

Using the system-based SCEP reports


The six built-in SCEP reports can be broken up into two categories: user-centric reports and system-centric reports . This recipe focuses on the group of system-based reports.We will be executing and interrupting the computer malware details, anti-malware activity report, and infected computers. Although these reports can be accessed either through the SCCM console or with a web browser, for this recipe, we will access them from the SCCM console.

Getting ready

In order to complete this recipe, you'll need to utilize an account that has at least the Endpoint Protection Manager roles assigned to it. If your installation of SCEP is in a lab, or is very new and has not yet detected any malware on your systems, then it's recommended that you utilize Eicar test file to simulate a malware detection. Eicar test file is a completely safe file that all major anti-malware vendors add to their definitions for testing purposes. It can be downloaded from http://www...