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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

Utilizing the user-based SCEP reports


The second group of reports in SCEP focuses entirely on the users, which falls in line with Microsoft's mantra of focusing on users within SCCM 2012 as a whole. While the overall user focus provides for things, such as customized application delivery in the rest of SCCM, focus on users in SCEP allows you to monitor your problem children.

Every organization has them; the user that will happily open any attachment and fears no website on the Internet. The good news is that SCEP empowers you to monitor for repeat offenders, regardless what system they may be using.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, you will need to be using an account that has at least the SCEP administrator role granted to it. You will also need to ensure that you've enabled Active Directory Users discovery in SCCM and that it has completed the discovery at least once before following this recipe.

How to do it...

Follow these steps:

  1. 1. Log into your SCCM CAS server and launch your SCCM...