Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit

Microsoft Forefront is all about keeping your business safe! With its range of security products, it helps protect everything from client machines to server applications and the network edge. Plus, we have System Center, a suite of IT management solutions that lets you plan, deploy, manage, and optimize your IT setup.

Integrating Products for Better Control

Wanna see how these two work together? The Forefront and System Center products can integrate smoothly with your existing infrastructure. This means you get more control over your environment!

What’s in the Demo?

This demo offers a virtual-machine setup featuring both Forefront and System Center products. After you install it, make sure to check out the Script Steps document that explains how to showcase some cool features:

• 1. Use System Center Configuration Manager to push Forefront Client Security signatures to keep your client machines updated.


• 2. Block those pesky viruses in emails with Forefront Security for Exchange Server when using Outlook 2007.


• 3. Monitor the health of all servers and clients with System Center Operations Manager.


• 4. Adapt user access to SharePoint 2007 using Intelligent Application Gateway based on endpoint policy detection.


• 5. Keep malware at bay with real-time protection from Forefront Client Security!

The Easy Start-Up

You also get a handy Start-Demo.hta file that makes it super easy to launch and switch between virtual machines. All this can run on just one computer!

Your Setup Needs

Please take a look at the requirements before installing this demo:

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• - 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)


• - 10 GB available hard disk space


• - CPU of 2.0 Ghz or higher

Software requirements:

• - Virtual PC 2017 / Virtual Server 2005 R2

Warning:

The virtual machines come without the latest security updates. So, make sure not to connect them to any other network until you've installed all relevant updates!