Tuesday, January 19, 2010

SMEX 10 is here..

You can refer the details from here:
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/product.asp?productid=8

what's new?-Supports Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
-Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Integration
can create policy and assign to AD users
- Role Based Access
multiple admin access to different areas in the web console
-Event Tracking in Logs
since multiple admin can access the web console, thus the needs to track the activity for each administrator
-Installation enhancement
-IPv6 support
-Includes Web Reputation Filter
to check the URL from within the email content agaist the web reputation database. This is separate from SPS offering.
-Resource management
allow for tuning CPU resources during scanning

Upgrade checklist
- Server specs
2GB RAM, 10GB free disk space
- Software requirements
Also support Windows 2008 server, Exchange 2010
- Credentials requirements
Local admin
- Activation Code
- Housekeeping of the current logs
Delete older logs. Verify the folder ..\Smex\log is at minimum size.


Note:
1. no restart of MS Exchange is required. Relatively no downtime to the email system
2. if no issues, the upgrade will complete in 30 minutes

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