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What is Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection?
Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection is a malware, spyware, antivirus and endpoint protection application available formerly with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), which later became Microsoft Endpoint Manager. It is a legacy product, with older versions reaching end of support,…
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What is Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection?
Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection is a malware, spyware, antivirus and endpoint protection application available formerly with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), which later became Microsoft Endpoint Manager. It is a legacy product, with older versions reaching end of support,…
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(1-2 of 2)A good endpoint protection product that is easy and intuitive to use
- It is easy to use and configure. This is a benefit, not just for the IT/Admin team, but also for the end-user, as they can easily set how and when to run scans.
- It is good a identifying threats and removing these threats. When looking for a product such as this, it is important to really look at these two areas to really see how the software will work in a real-world environment. SCEP is one such product that does really well at both of these things.
- The product could improve in the area of having better mechanisms in place with how the SCEP client is deployed/installed from the server on the management side. We have run into this firsthand with the client not installing on an endpoint, and then having to take the time to investigate why it was not installing.
- A second improvement that can be made is to keep trying to improve the products detection rate for finding malware/viruses. The case can be made that there are some products out there that do a better job at this and have a higher detection rate.
It is less suited for environments that want an AV solution that is more robust feature-wise, or has more configurable options for the end-users. It is also less suited for those organizations that want an AV product to have the highest detection rate in the industry.
- Anti-Exploit Technology
- 80%8.0
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
- 80%8.0
- Centralized Management
- 80%8.0
- Hybrid Deployment Support
- 60%6.0
- Infection Remediation
- 90%9.0
- Vulnerability Management
- 80%8.0
- Malware Detection
- 80%8.0
- The positive impact it has had on ROI is that it has been a solid AV product in our environment, meaning it has worked well when running on client computers. It doesn't use a lot of system resources on the client-side, so that helps end-users productivity of not being slowed down.
- It has been good for the end-user, since they really don't need to take additional training or consult user manuals, in how to use the product.
I was not involved with the selection/purchase of the product in the organization, but I'm almost certain the organization selected this based on the tight integration with Microsoft System Center Manager, which is used in the organization. Also, given the fact that SCEP is tightly integrated and works well in organizations that utilize Microsoft products, it was probably another factor in selecting this. Lastly, the cost of licenses was probably lower (because of System Center already being in place) than other AV products.
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- Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection offers exceptional threat protections for signature-based "known" threats.
- The signatures are constantly updated and management of this application is super easy with the use of Microsoft SCCM.
- The application is very much a "set it and let it" type of deployment. Once you install it, there are very little configuration or changes that need to be made.
- Not so much a limitation on the software itself, but the fact that is primarily only "signature" based, it cannot detect threats that have mutated.
- This software provides virtually no protection against zero-day threats.
- The System Center Endpoint Protection does not offer protections based on behavioral analysis.
- Anti-Exploit Technology
- 60%6.0
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
- 90%9.0
- Centralized Management
- N/AN/A
- Infection Remediation
- 100%10.0
- Vulnerability Management
- 80%8.0
- Malware Detection
- 90%9.0
- There was little/no cost associated with this software since we are utilizing SCCM and are paying license costs for that anyways.
- The level or protection is excellent for the cost of the software.
- There was at least one instance in which Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection identified a crypto-malware, but not before it had already started to encrypt many of our files. So it did detect the threat, but since it was a little delayed we still were infected.