Replacement for Forefront Protection 2010 for exchange server.

Hello Team,
I have Forefront Protection 2010 installed on my Exchnage 2010 servers and the same is getting expired in March 1st week 2014. I also got to know Microsoft will stop support for the same very soon so i am really worried to get this license renewed or not?
Or please suggest any other product for same which can easily be replaced and has same or more features than Forefront also can easily be integrated with Exchange.
Thanks for taking your time and going through my querry and your valuable feedback will be really appreciated.
Thanks in Advance -
Sujitraj
Thanks and Regards - Sujit

Hi,
Actually, FOPE or EOP may be your better selection.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj723137(v=exchg.150).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj723146(v=exchg.150).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715245.aspx
Best Regards
Quan Gu

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We have a Open Value subscription for Forefront Protection for Exchange Server 2010 (FPE) running with an Exchange 2007 server and an Edge Server. We attempted to renew the subscription to FPE and were automatically upgraded to FOPE and now EOP.
Since FPE is not End of Life yet, might it be possible to renew FPE on premises until such time as the product goes End of Life?
thank you,
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Hello,
FPE on premises was available only as a subscription license in OV, OVS. for subscription products thre is not possibility to renew th elicensing if is removed from product list.
you can purchase FOPE(in OVS) or EOP as online subscription. you can use also EOP for on premises Exchnage Server.
on Microsoft document we have th efollowing info:
The following are the primary ways you can use EOP for messaging protection:
In a standalone scenario   EOP provides cloud-based email protection for your "on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 environment, legacy Exchange Server versions,
or for any other on-premises SMTP email solution."
As a part of Microsoft Exchange Online   By default, EOP protects Microsoft Exchange Online cloud-hosted mailboxes.
In a hybrid deployment   EOP can be configured to protect your messaging environment and control mail routing when you have a mix of on-premises and cloud mailboxes.
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Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) transition center. EOP delivers the protection and control provided by FOPE, and also includes additional features.
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I get the following error any time I try and change any setting:
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server is unable to perform the requested function. This may be becuase Microsoft ForeFront services are unavailable. Ensure that all Microsoft ForeFront services are running and that Windows Powershell is
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I have installed the latest rollup for SEP. Rollup 5 I think. I have rebooted the server. I have checked the permissions and they are correct.
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I'm using Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server on edge Exchange2010 SP2.
I did know I can't configure any notification for detected spam, because the result would be that the users inbox would be spammed with Forefront notifications instead of the real spam.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/forefront/en-US/6c293ded-8e61-44a1-ac25-bb685ecd1c7c/notification-spam-forefront-for-exchange-2010
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Hi All,
We have forefront protection 2010 for exchnage server installed on my exchange 2010 servers. I see the expiry date set on the forefront console is 31st Mar 2014.
as per the below KB article's:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2793998?wa=wsignin1.0
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee358857.aspx
the support to the product is available till 31st Dec 2015.
My question is: how to extend the license for the forefront on all my exchnage servers? Should i have to change my license agreement number in the console or should i retain the same and just
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Also, how can we ensure that the change is effective and no issues after 31st Mar 2014.
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Sujit
Thanks and Regards - Sujit

Hi,
the problem here is that you can't buy FPE anymore so you can't extend the license.
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How do I fix it?
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FPE will now post a warning if any items are present in the Undeliverable archive folder. You could remove the stuck email from "%Program Files (x86)%\ Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Server\Data\Archive\Undeliverable".
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Hi
Microsoft is discontinuing any further releases of Forefont Protection 2010 for Exchange Server:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/09/12/important-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps.aspx
We have a lot of customers with on-premises Exchange Servers, to which we sold Forefont Protection 2010 for Exchange Server.
What is the alternative for that product, Forefront Online Protection?
What is the Scenario, if a customer don't want his mx record to point to Microsoft?
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Peter

Hi,
I'm sorry but yesterday I was working with a customer.
This is going to be a long post :-)
Exchange 2010 has no native antivirus/malware protection. This kind of protection is provided by Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange.
Those filters provide antispam protection therefore from this point of view I wouldn't consider them a replacement for Groupshield AV protection on Exchange 2010.
This is the fast answer :-)
Let's move to the longer one.
There are going to be a lot of assumptions because I don't know your environment at all and this is something which should be carefully planned and tailored based on your business needs.
Assumptions:
You have an Exchange 2010 Organization
There are no Edge servers
You are following the common scenario with an AV for Exchange (Groupshield) running on Hub and Mailbox servers, Postini for Inbound/Outbound traffic protection from AV and SPAM (MX record pointing to Postini) and an AV for Filesystem running on the Exchange
servers
You are planning to move to Exchange 2013 in the future (let's say 6 months/1 year from now)
You are open to discuss a Microsoft-oriented solution without 3rd party software
We are not going to discuss licensing (we are lucky and someone else will decide for us :-))
We are not going to discuss the differences between Postini/Groupshield/Forefront/Exchange agents because I don't know them well enough to tell you something which would make sense and I'm still discussing if it was better the Commodore 64 or the Amiga
(obviously Commodore 64)
We are looking for a solution which should cover as many scenarios as possible
Short-term objective: Achieve antivirus/antispam protection on Exchange 2010 and get rid of Groupshield (and may be of Postini with it)
Long-term objective: Migrate to 2013 and leverage the antimalware and antispam agents included in the product
Act 1 - Short-term objective:
Inbound/outbound traffic:
The antispam agents can be installed on an Exchange 2010 Hub server but the place where they should be used is the Edge server.
Solution 1: Replace Postini with 2 Exchange 2010 Edge servers (MX record pointing to the Edge servers). Antivirus protection will be provided by Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange (FPE) . Antispam protection by Exchange 2010 and FPE (which expands the antispam
capabilities of Exchange 2010)
Solution 2: Replace Postini with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE)
Internal traffic:
Solution: FPE will replace Groupshield on the Hub servers. No antispam agents installed. FPE will be installed as a Transport Agent
Database Content (aka all that stuff that doesn't pass through transport):
Not all Exchange data are passing through the Hub transport (i.e. Drafts, Calendar, Contacts, Public Folders, etc...)
Solution 1: FPE will replace Groupshield on the Mailbox servers. FPE will leverage the Virus API (VSAPI) to access the content of the Store
Solution 2: The AV installed on your clients has an Outlook plug-in which scans the content of the store client-side
This should provide enough AV/antispam protection and you will have an homogeneous solution where all components are able to interact smoothly (Outlook Junk Mail, Antispam agents, safe senders, safe recipients, etc...) without much effort in terms of 3rd
party plug-ins, different administration consoles, different places where you have to check if the message has been blocked.
I know what is going to be the fate of Forefront but this is to meet our short-term/immediate objectives. From now on we will have until December 2015 to plan our migration to Exchange 2013.
The screen fades to black. Voice-over announces that you migrated to Exchange 2013 :-)
Act 2 - Long-term objective:
Inbound/Outbound traffic:
Solution 1: Leverage the AV and antispam agents on your published MBX/CAS servers
Solution 2: Use FOPE
Internal Traffic:
Solution: Leverage the AV agent on your MBX/CAS servers
Database content:
In Exchange 2013 the VSAPI is dead. Any AV for Exchange will have to use transport agents on Exchange 2013. The only possible exceptions is using Web Services for the On-demand scan of a limited number of mailboxes.
Solution: The AV installed on your clients has an Outlook plug-in which scans the content of the store client-side
The screen fades to black. Credits.
There are a few considerations related to these design changes which demonstrates that IMHO they are a good choice but they would be too long to discuss in this post and they would probably be OT. I'm thinking to write a blog when I'll have some time.
IMPORTANT: These are just my 2 pence. You should discuss this with someone which knows your infrastructure. The above solutions are at best incomplete because there a lot more factors which come into play when choosing a design like this.
My personal advice is to involve your TAM (if you have one) and work with my colleagues to find the solution best suited for your company.
Bye
Gabriele
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Hi
I have an issue where a third-party vendor is using Cisco Prime management software to email zipped reports to various recipients on our system. However, when it hits our system, Forefront is tagging this as a "CorruptedCompressedFile"
and stripping it from the emails.
I've had the email sent to a personal email account and the attachment looks ok - it opens normally and there is no password. If I use Windows 7 to extract the single file and then create a new zip file, this new zip file is delivered fine to users in our
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We are running Exchange 2010 (14.03.0174.001) and Forefront Protection for Exchange (11.0.727.0).
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HI,
In general, the files that FPE is unable to parse will be scanned as a corrupted compressed file and it can be due to multiple reasons.
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Management in the FPE Administrator Console, and under
Global Settings, click Advanced Options, then in the
Global Settings - Advanced Options pane, under the Threshold Levels section.
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Deletion Criteria
section in the Global Settings - Advanced Options pane,,
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Hi
1. My Windows SBS 2008 Server Console shows:
Virus Protection for e-mail STATUS alert CRITICAL (Forefront Security for Exchange Server)
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Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP 1
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-->Component: Forefront, License Type: Evaluation, Expiration Date: 16 Dec 2013
Evaluation version? didn't activate this product? You
can convert an evaluation license to a subscription license by activating the product. Be sure to have the product key available when activating FPE. After the product is activated, you can also align when the product expires with your license agreement, and
easily renew your license by entering a new expiration date.
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soon). Does anyone know if there will be any impact on SharePoint once this expires. I would really like to hear from Microsoft unless anyone has direct experience with "Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint" expiring.
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Hi mikea730,
If you were licensed to use one of the products that are listed in the "Applies to" section on November 30, 2012, Microsoft will continue to support your subscription through December 31, 2015. If your subscription expires before December 31, 2015, and if
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More information, please refer to the link below:
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