To protect your deployment with Forefront Security for SharePoint, you should run the installer on each front-end Web server in the server farm. You can use the Forefront Server Security Management Console to do this simultaneously from a single location.
The minimum server requirements are similar to those for front-end Web servers and application servers, but you must also install a Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) client such as Microsoft Outlook®. This provides the MAPI interface that Forefront Security for SharePoint requires to parse mail messages. The following table lists minimum server requirements.
| Component
| Requirements
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| Processor
| Minimum processor speed of 2.5GHz required.
Dual processors with speeds of at least 3GHz recommended.
64-bit processors optional but supported.
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| Memory
| Minimum 1GB of available RAM required.
Minimum 2GB of available RAM recommended.
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| Disk
| 550MB of free disk space required.
File system must be NTFS formatted.
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| Platform
| Windows Server 2003 operating system required.
Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later required.
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| Software
| IIS 6.0 must be enabled.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 must be installed.
ASP.NET 2.0 must be enabled.
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You can install Forefront Security for SharePoint without stopping or restarting SharePoint Products and Technologies services on the server.
You can use the Forefront Server Security Administrator tool to configure Forefront Security for SharePoint on local or remote servers. You can launch the Forefront Server Security Administrator from the Start menu or from a command prompt by running fssaclient.exe in the Forefront Security for SharePoint install directory. You can configure general settings, filtering policies, and reporting through the Forefront Server Security Administrator user interface.
You should configure these key settings as part of the deployment process:
· Select up to five of the available scan engines for each scan job (manual and real-time).
· Select a bias setting for each scan job, from Maximum Performance to Maximum Certainty.
· Review the real-time antivirus configuration settings and make any required changes.
· Create file filters to detect undesired file types and specific filenames.
· Create any required keyword filters.
· Configure notifications and reporting, such as through Forefront Security for SharePoint Notification Web Parts.