Re: Microsoft antivirus

["Rickard, Josh A." <rickardj () HEALTH MISSOURI EDU>]

I work for the University of Missouri and we are currently using Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 and it works pretty 
well for our situation.  

I worked at another University where they were using Avast for their environment.  It's free as well, but only under 
1000 clients (I believe).

Josh Rickard
Atlas Team
System Support Analyst
School of Medicine
884-5173* MA315
ACA Certified

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Ed 
Zawacki
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 11:18 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Microsoft antivirus

I'm curious as to whether anyone has taken advantage of their campus'
Microsoft licensing agreement to switch from say McAffee or Symantec's endpoint solution to Microsoft's?

If so, how are you feeling about the Microsoft solution?

Or, if you thought about it and decided not to do it, I'm also interested in the rationale/any documentation you might 
have on that decision.

(Obviously, the cost savings would be nice, but I'm not too impressed by what I see from MS. Just wondering if I'm 
missing something)

Thanks

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