Managing Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) with Microsoft Group Policy (GPO)
KB ID 0000604 Problem FEP is Microsoft’s offering for antivirus, try to think of it as the corporate version of Security Essentials. Just about everything on the net for managing it seems to be geared to managing it with SCCM. Which is fine if you have SCCM, but what if you don’t? Thankfully you can manage it with group policy, even if information on how to do it is rarer than hens teeth! With a Microsoft CoreCAL you can...
Defining / Locking and Managing Proxy Settings
KB ID 0000181 Problem If you have a proxy server at your corporate/home location, then there a few methods you can use to ensure that your clients use it. Before you start running though this, remember if you have a proxy server then it’s common sense that your firewall/router will block web access for your clients, and only allow the Proxy server (and any other servers/machines) that need direct web access out. If you are...