Forefront

When setting up Microsoft ForeFront The first thing to do is to run Serversetup.exe. Of course you’ll want to run the file so click Run.Fill in your Name and Organization then click Next.You’re going to have to put a check in I accept the software license terms.When you do Next will be available so click Next.Now this is where you’re be choosing your topology. For this example we’llgo ahead and chose a Basic topology. This will install Microsoft ForefrontEndpoint Protection 2010 Database, Site Server Extension, Console Extension,Reporting components, and Reporting database based on your currentConfiguration Manager deployment. Maybe in future blogs I’ll go through otherdeployment options. Don’t forget to click Next.Here is where you will setup the Reporting server account information.Mostly it will be filled out by the user running setup but you can change thedomainusername. Click Next.If the password you typed doesn’t match the domainusername you’ll get theerror below. Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Error: The password is incorrect, or this account is not valid. Account :domainusername After I corrected my intentional typo FEP is now warning me that I shouldn’tuse my domain admin account. Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 For security reasons, it is not recommended to use a domain administratoraccount ‘domainusername’ as the reporting account. I’m going to OK this because it’s just a test lab. By default FEP will want to Join the Customer Experience ImprovementProgram. I recommend keeping this checked. I also checked User Microsoft Updateto keep my products up to date. Join Microsoft Spynet Basic is checked by default. I changed mine toAdvanced SpyNet. Location and disk space requirements blah blah blah. Oh no! It looks like my Verifying SQL Server prerequisite Failed with anError. When I click the More link I see the error below Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 requires that the SQL Server Agentservice...