Name: Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
Rating: 9.5 (7 reviews)
Author: Microsoft

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Alumni Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Quality Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Business Rules Management

Cloud Storage

Container Security

Data Center Outsourcing (Canada)

Data Replication

Debugging

Deception Technology

Density-Optimized Servers

Encryption Key Management

Event Monitoring

Fraud Detection

Graph Database

Industrial IoT

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Network Diagnostics

Network Performance Monitoring

Rack Servers

Runtime Application Self-Protection

Secure Access Control

Secure Web Gateway

Security Awareness Training

Service Desk Outsourcing

Value Stream Management

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

App Store Optimization (ASO)

Content Experience

Content Management

Creative Management

Customer Journey Analytics

Customer Journey Mapping

Digital Analytics

Email Marketing

Influencer Marketing

Marketing Automation

Marketing Resource Management

Real-Time Interaction Management

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Usability Testing

Web Analytics

Marketing

Business Caller ID

Project Management

Professional Services

Call Recording

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Predictive Sales Analytics

Sales Dialer

Sales

Application Security

Security

Agriculture

Card Management

Dealer Management

Patient Engagement

Shipping

Tour Operator

Travel Agency

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Reviews

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TrustRadius

Malware detection

Reporting tools

Malware protection

Light weight

Management console

Monitoring and reporting

Setup and configuration

Home

Antivirus Software

SenseQuiet Inventory, no longer available

Forefront and SCEP are used in our organization as a centrally managed virus and malware detection system. The clients in conjunction with the back end server provide excellent protection across our groups. The definitions are updated constantly, and we have had very few major incidents since the adoption of this new platform. 

Product Usage

Forefront and SCEP are used in our organization as a centrally managed virus and malware detection system. The clients in conjunction with the back end server provide excellent protection across our groups. The definitions are updated constantly, and we have had very few major incidents since the adoption of this new platform.

Pros and Cons

SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end.
Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting.
Setup and configuration is very easy.

Things done well

Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally.
On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine.
The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client.

Things done poorly

Microsoft Forefront 2016-06-13 13:31:51

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