WSUS can be used to deliver patches and provides limmited reports on patching. There is a GPO extension available from MS that allows us to centrally manage the Forefront Endpoint Protection client scanning, which folders toĮxclude and various other settings. Please note that you did NOT need SCCM to use Forefront Endpoint Protection on your servers in the past. It's now February 2013, any news on when Forefront Endpoint Protection will install on Server 2012?Īs of 2 weeks ago the Forefront Endpoint protection beta setup.exe still returned "unsupported OS" when trying to install on Windows 2012 server.Ĭan someone in MS please let your clients (ie customers) know what is Microsoft best practice for AntiVirus protection for Microsoft Windows 2012 server? WS2012 should have been held back until SC2012 SP1 could In my view this is not something in the best interests of the environment, so not a solution. SC2012 SP1 is in Beta, but sadly there is no rollup path from Beta to RTM without a complete removal of the beta then deployment of RTM. SC2012 is not currently a solution to the problem, so mentioning it at all is just a waste of time until it is fully supported. I am therefor faced with the situation, where since SC2012 is not deployable for an environment which has only WS2012 Servers, that additional licensing for a 3rd party Antivirus product will need to be purchased as MS decided (in their wisdom) to releaseĪn OS server product without providing a supported path to implementing the products they advise are the best practise ones for system/security management. I am currently in the final stages of a deployment incorporating WS2012, Hyper-V failover clustering with 11 MS2012 member servers including Exchange server 2013 and SC2012 Datacentre. Unfortunately SC2012/Endpoint Protection is not supported on WS2012 until SC2012 SP1 reaches RTM. You’re totally right, SC2012 includes the MS antivirus solution for WS2012. While System Center 2012 includes 6 significant products (eg Data Protection (backups), Monitoring, Ops Deployment etc) you don't have to license or install them all (especially on the same server) Hence the integration into one integrated solution. So you need to manage the deployment, patching, virus, configs etc off all your servers from one centralised place. The idea is that you usually have more than one server. (It's predecessor was Forefront Endpoint protectionĢ010 but in the latest release it was rolled into System Center). The Microsoft solution for servers is called System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection. It doesn't ship with Defender nor does MSE work on Server. "If Server 2012 is anything like Win8", Unfortunately it is not. If Server 2012 is anything like Win8 then the anti-virus properties of MSE should be rolled into windows defender, making MSE (and any other AV) redundant. This posting is "as is" without warranties and confers no rights. Microsoft® Community Contributor Award 2011Īll opinions expressed on my own behalf and not that of my company. Microsoft Certified Product Specialist & Network Product Specialist Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Active Directory, Network Infrastructure, Application Platform, Windows 7 Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Reseller, you can work out some arrangement to obtain the latest version compatible with 2012 when its production is finalized from Beta. The best suggestion with your OVL is to use your license to download and install Windows Server 2008 R2 which is considered stable with compatible Anti-Virus, before deploying Server 2012 in a production environment. Any suggestions?īecause Windows Server 2012 is not fully released as General public operating system, there is limited availability for compatible software just yet. Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU2 is in Beta,īut has limited use and a 90 time limit. I purchased an Open Volume license and installed the Server 2012 Core with GUI, but can't find any compatible antivirus. I need antivirus (not a BETA) version for Windows Server 2012.
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