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Microsoft Forefront Online Security for Exchange

How Filtering Works with Exchange Hosted Services

Forefront Online Security for Exchange Service Components

Policy Enforcement
Active content, connection and policy-based filtering
Using layers of anti-spam technology and multiple antivirus engines, Forefront Online Security for Exchange removes spam and viruses—both known and unknown—from e-mail before the malware reaches corporations.

Spam and Virus Protection
Multi-engine spam and virus scanning
Forefront Online Security for Exchange helps administrators enforce policies they set up to comply with corporate policies on e-mail usage and with government regulations.

Real-Time Message Trace and Reporting
Real time reporting and the powerful Message Trace tool give administrators insight into their e-mail environment by retrieving the status of any e-mail processed by Forefront Online Security for Exchange in real-time.

Disaster Recovery
If the destination e-mail server becomes unavailable for any reason, Forefront Online Security for Exchange helps to ensure no e-mail is lost or bounced by automatically queuing e-mail for up to five days, attempting to deliver the e-mail every 20 minutes.

Service Level Agreements

Forefront Online Security for Exchange includes comprehensive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that include:

Network infrastructure

• Network uptime: 99.999%
• E-mail delivery: Average delivery commitment of less than one minute

Filtering accuracy

• Virus Blocking: 100% protection against all known e-mail viruses
• Spam Capture: Capture of at least 98% of all inbound spam e-mails
• False Positive Ratio: False positive commitment of less than 1 in 250,000 e-mails

Additional Information

Technical Requirements

• Forefront Online Security for Exchange and Exchange Hosted Encryption work with any e-mail platform
  Exchange Hosted Encryption requires Forefront Online Security for Exchange
• The Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services Directory Synchronisation tool is optional, and requires:
  • Windows Server 2003 SP2
  • Active Directory (single-forest topology)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (required for Safelist aggregation Synchronisation feature)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Exchange Hosted Archive and Exchange Hosted Continuity require Microsoft Exchange Server 2000(SP3), 2003(SP1) and 2007
• Web applications are accessible via a Web browser (Internet Explorer 6 or 7, Firefox 2.0 or higher)

Related Products

• Microsoft Forefront Security
• Forefront Security for Exchange Server

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30 Day Trial for Forefront Online Security for Exchange

Forefront Online Security for Exchange trial requirements

• Validate you have authoritative control over a domain and can change the domain's MX record
• Supply IP address or hostname of e-mail server that will receive filtered e-mail
• Supply technical contact information