Client Deployment

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Applies To: Forefront Endpoint Protection

Deployment of Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection to client computers consists of verifying prerequisites, uninstalling third-party antimalware products that cannot be uninstalled by Forefront Endpoint Protection, creating and deploying Forefront Endpoint Protection policies, configuring Forefront Endpoint Protection definition updates, deploying the Forefront Endpoint Protection client software, and verifying that the deployment succeeded.

Forefront Endpoint Protection for clients is available as a Configuration Manager package. The steps required to deploy Forefront Endpoint Protection to client computers, are described in this section.

Overview of Deploying Forefront Endpoint Protection

Deploy Forefront Endpoint Protection to clients, by completing the following steps, in order:

  • Step One—Create Forefront Endpoint Protection policies according to your organization’s requirements, set policy precedence, and assign policies to one or more deployment collections. For more information, see Configuring Client Settings by Using Policies.

  • Step Two—Configure Forefront Endpoint Protection definition update methods based on the settings defined in the Forefront Endpoint Protection policies created in step one. For more information, see Configuring Definition Updates.

  • Step Three—Deploy the Forefront Endpoint Protection installation package to client computers. For more information, see FEP 2010.