M50093: Deploying and Administering Microsoft Forefront Client Security

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have Windows Server certifications or deployment experience and be familiar with the Forefront product line: Client, Server, and Edge.

Course Description:

Targeted at systems integrators, consultants, and deployment partners, this three-day class includes lectures and hands-on labs and was developed by Microsoft Consulting Services using their detailed implementation knowledge and best practices.

This course is intended for technical deployment specialists and senior-level administrators who manage a Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies infrastructure or security practice.

Delegates will learn how to:

• Describe the Forefront Client Security components and architecture, and identify the different server roles.
• Complete and troubleshoot the server setup process, identify various server topologies, and describe basic MOM concepts and the MOM agent.
• Identify Forefront Client Security client component characteristics and describe the client setup and deployment processes.
• Understand Forefront Client Security administration and user roles, Forefront Client Security Policy UI settings and policy deployments, and know how to troubleshoot the Management Console.
• Understand the reporting services infrastructure used by Forefront Client Security.
• Use Forefront Client Security reports and alerting services, and troubleshoot reporting procedures.
• Describe the security state assessment (SSA) component of Forefront Client Security, and understand its architecture.
• Describe the object processor and manifest update in SSA.
• Review the SSA Security Check messages and results.
• Review methods and procedures used to submit malware to Microsoft for analysis

This course includes the following modules:

Course Overview

• Forefront Product Overview
• Forefront Client Security
• Microsoft Forefront Client Security Components
• Training Modules

Forefront Client Security Server Roles and Topologies

• Forefront Client Security Server Roles
• Collection Server
• Collection Server Database
• Reporting Server
• Reporting Database Server
• Forefront Client Security Server Setup
• Role Installation Steps
• Server Topologies
• SQL Server Database Sizing
• Configuration Wizard
• MOM Concepts
• Forefront Client Security Server Setup Troubleshooting

Forefront Client Security Client

• General Information
• Antimalware
• MOM Agent
• Client Setup
• Client Deployment Planning
• Forefront Client Security Client Deployment Methods
• Troubleshooting

Forefront Client Security Management

• Administration
• Administration Dashboard
• Forefront Client Security Policy Deployment
• Forefront Client Security Management Console Troubleshooting

Forefront Client Security Reporting and Alerting

• Reporting Services Overview
• Reporting Architecture
• MOM Reporting
• Forefront Client Security Reports
• SQL Server Reporting Services Troubleshooting
• Alerts

Security State Assessment

• Security State Assessment
• SSA General Information
• SSA Architecture
• SSA Object Processor (OP) and Manifest Updates
• SSA Security Checks

Submitting Malware to Microsoft for Analysis

• Malware Submission
• Assisting Customers with Malware Submissions