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Universal Access Gateways
Microsoft Forefront [EOL]
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Microsoft Forefront [EOL] pros and cons
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Microsoft Forefront [EOL] Pros review quotes
it_user1020
Head of Data Center at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Nov 23, 2012
Performance wise, it's one of the most effective anti-virus solutions we have ever used.
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it_user3870
Senior Manager of Engineering with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 21, 2013
To date we have not had a virus infecting a desktop with Forefront installed - this is the main reason why we will not use another anti-virus solution.
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Chandan R
Senior Consultant at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 5, 2015
It has automated the entire user and group management process, thus reducing manual work and help desk cost to a great extent.
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it_user216543
Systems Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 31, 2015
It cost us approx. US$250k to set up and is roughly US$200 day to day.
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it_user217461
Technical Solutions Architect at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 31, 2015
Our ROI is that we can provision users accounts within 30 minutes of them being put into the system.
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it_user217485
Cisco Network Engineer with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2015
The snort engine, which is the muscle behind the Sourcefire IPS technology, has always been a joy for me to work with.
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Microsoft Forefront [EOL] Cons review quotes
it_user1020
Head of Data Center at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Nov 23, 2012
Without a local Windows Update Server, the client seems to update very slowly and may take a lot of time.
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it_user3870
Senior Manager of Engineering with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 21, 2013
When using Forefront in a domain network, it is quite difficult to create the group policies needed for definition/engine updates using WSUS.
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Chandan R
Senior Consultant at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 5, 2015
More out of box connectors and conducting awareness of the product along with more marketing.
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it_user216543
Systems Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 31, 2015
Pretty awful. A large initial investment with something that could have been done by one person full time over six years with less hassle.
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it_user217461
Technical Solutions Architect at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 31, 2015
One of the biggest pain points was that username changes were not automated and caused problems.
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it_user217485
Cisco Network Engineer with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2015
I’d personally like to see some additional customization capabilities in the reporting section.
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