Manage Security Components Using the Administration Console

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09/10/2008

You can use the following tasks in the Windows EBS Administration Console to manage the security components that are installed in Windows EBS.

To view the tasks for a component, on the Security tab, right-click a security component.

E-mail anti-malware tasks

Task	Details
View recent alerts	Starts the System Center Essentials console to display active alerts for the component from the last seven days
Restore default e-mail anti-malware settings	Opens the Restore Default E-mail Anti-malware Settings dialog box to confirm that settings will be reset using default Windows EBS settings
Renew subscription	Opens the subscription renewal Web site
Start Forefront Server Security Administrator console	Starts a RemoteApp connection to the Forefront Server Security Administrator console on the Messaging Server to manage e-mail anti-malware settings

E-mail anti-spam tasks

Task	Details
View recent alerts	Starts the System Center Essentials console to display active alerts from the last seven days for the component
Restore default e-mail anti-spam settings	Opens the Restore Default E-mail Anti-spam Settings dialog box to confirm that settings will be reset using default Windows EBS settings
Check Sender ID configuration	Starts the Sender ID Framework SPF Record Wizard at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=114211)
Start Exchange Administration console	Starts a RemoteApp connection to the Exchange Management console on the Security Server to manage e-mail anti-spam settings

Network firewall tasks

Task	Details
View recent alerts	Starts the System Center Essentials console to display active alerts from the last seven days for the component
Save firewall settings	Opens a dialog box to save the current network firewall settings as an XML file
Apply saved settings	Opens a dialog box to open an XML file that contains network firewall settings
Restore default network firewall settings	Opens the Restore Default Network Firewall Settings dialog box to confirm that settings will be reset using default Windows EBS settings
Create policy rules for accessing the Internet	Starts the Web Access Policy Wizard in Forefront TMG
Publish Web sites	Starts the New Web Publishing Rule Wizard in Forefront TMG
Create a server publishing rule	Starts the New Server Publishing Rule Wizard in Forefront TMG
Create a site-to-site VPN connection	Starts the Create Site-to-Site Connection Wizard in Forefront TMG
View weekly report	Generates and displays a weekly report of network firewall activity in Forefront TMG
Renew subscription	Opens the subscription renewal Web site
Start Forefront Threat Management Gateway console	Starts a RemoteApp connection to the Forefront TMG console on the Security Server to manage network firewall settings

Update Management tasks

Task	Details
Approve updates	Opens the Approve Updates dialog box to approve all critical and security updates for deployment to managed computers
Apply recommended Update Management settings	Opens the Apply Recommended Update Management Settings dialog box to confirm that settings will be reset using the recommended Windows EBS settings. The recommended settings configure Update Management to automatically download updates to the Windows operating system and other Microsoft products, and then apply those updates to computers in the Active Directory domain by using Windows Server Update Services.
Manage updates	Starts the System Center Essentials console to manage updates
Configure update-management settings	Starts the Update Management Configuration Wizard in System Center Essentials
View updates status summary	Starts the System Center Essentials console to display a summary of updates on managed computers