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Attribute Ratings
- Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product) is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
ControlNow (Discontinued)
70%
1 Rating
8.0
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
80%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
ControlNow (Discontinued)
Its middle of the road and should suit most applications well
Director of IT Operations
COMP Performance GroupAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
In large deployments, I have found Microsoft Forefront to be very effective at combating the majority of threats faced by our users. It provides the base platform for catching threats that would otherwise threaten our users and their data. If you have an environment that is under constant malware threat, then a secondary program may be needed as required.
Desktop Support Intermediate
University of MichiganHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Pros
ControlNow (Discontinued)
- An instant scan of file level downloads so that introduction of a variant file is limited before the scan engine clears it.
- Dashboard use of the agents available allows for near real-time review and action without directed access to the station.
Director of IT Operations
COMP Performance GroupAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
- SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end.
- Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting.
- Setup and configuration is very easy.
Desktop Support Intermediate
University of MichiganHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Cons
ControlNow (Discontinued)
- Dashboard refresh when you have over 100 end agents can be lagging at times
- The agent install process has potential to hang without alert or warning unless your paying attention through the complete install
- The silent install process can be problematic when dealing with large-scale networks with varied OS models
Director of IT Operations
COMP Performance GroupAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
- Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally.
- On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine.
- The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client.
Desktop Support Intermediate
University of MichiganHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
ControlNow (Discontinued)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Alternatives Considered
ControlNow (Discontinued)
ControlNow more nimble and less impactful on the local PC
Director of IT Operations
COMP Performance GroupAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is:One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use. Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the others. Three: It is tied right into the Microsoft updating system, which provides central updating capabilities of av/mal/windows updates.
Desktop Support Intermediate
University of MichiganHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
ControlNow (Discontinued)
- At current we are on build up and the ROI isnt a factor
Director of IT Operations
COMP Performance GroupAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
- Less turnaround on virus based issues.
- Helps reduce malware issues over time.
- Can breed overconfidence in the system, so people don't always try a second tool.
Desktop Support Intermediate
University of MichiganHigher Education, 10,001+ employees