Frorefront Protection for Exchange 2010 Version Number

Afternoon Community
I am currently research and planning the upgrade of an MS Exchange 2010 Virtual Server. One of the steps requires the upgrade of Forefront Protection for Exchange to be updated to the latest Rollup (KB230203 - Rollup 5). Due to ongoing projects i am aware
that Forefront has never been upgraded by us.
A few weeks ago we noticed our license for the product was due to expire, so we extended the license until Dec 2015. I have noticed that the version number of Forefront is now showing as 11.0.727.0 (Forefront Protection 2010 w Rollup 4). We havent installed
any of the Rollup Hotfixes and i can find no trace of the install under control panel/programs and features.
1. Has anyone recently updated their license and seen that it has changed their version number?
2. How can i confirm that no Rollup Hotfix has been installed?
3. If i go ahead and try to install KB2619883 (Rollup 4), will it cleanly install or will it fail as Forefront thinks the package is already at the correct level?
Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Barry Fitzpatrick

Hi,
Maybe you can check the Installed Updates in Programs and Features under Control Panel. In addition, if you have Windows PowerShell, you can use Get-Hotfix cmdlet to get the hotfixes that have been applied to the local computer.
Best regards,
Susie

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VBScript is what I prefer. All scripts must have a kill switch to manage them from a primary location. Mine, is an updater method.
VBScript is what I prefer. All scripts must have a kill switch to manage them from a primary location. Mine, is an updater method.

Okay, then what about an alternative for getting the same result. The file associated in the article is too much. All we need is something simple for a single exchange server with 180 users. We only need to pull UserName and DataSize(KB).
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Hi Striker11,
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I agree with Martin. We should find a tool to monitor those errors or warning. Because there are many Event IDs in Exchange 2010. If those errors or warnings are both important for Exchange maintenance. If Exchange 2010 update to Exchange 2013, we will still
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We could download SCOM by the following link:
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If there are any questions regarding this issue, please be free to let me know.
Best Regard,
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