Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook - Second Edition
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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook - Second Edition

Nicolai Henriksen

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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook - Second Edition

Nicolai Henriksen

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Over 31 simple yet incredibly effective recipes for installing and managing System Center 2016 Endpoint ProtectionAbout This Bookā€¢ This is the most practical and up-to-date book covering important new features of System Center 2016 Endpoint protectionā€¢ Gain confidence in managing IT and protecting your server against malware and other threatsā€¢ Configure and automate reporting features and also prepare yourself for a simple and pain-free migration processWho This Book Is ForIf you are a System Administrator or Engineer using System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection, then this book is for you. You should have a good background with Microsoft products in general, although no knowledge of Endpoint Protection is required.What You Will Learnā€¢ Explore the best practices for Endpoint Protection in System Center Configuration Managerā€¢ Provision the Endpoint Protection Client in a Disk Image in Configuration Managerā€¢ Get to know more about the Security Centerā€¢ Configure definition and engine client updates to be optimum for your bandwidthā€¢ Make your application or server work with Endpoint Protection enabledā€¢ Find out how to deal with typical issues that may occur with Endpoint Protectionā€¢ Know how to respond to infections that often occurIn DetailSystem Center Configuration Manager is now used by over 70% of all the business in the world today and many have taken advantage engaging the System Center Endpoint Protection within that great product. Through this book, you will gain knowledge about System Center Endpoint Protection, and see how to work with it from System Center Configuration Manager from an objective perspective.We'll show you several tips, tricks, and recipes to not only help you understand and resolve your daily challenges, but hopefully enhance the security level of your business.Different scenarios will be covered, such as planning and setting up Endpoint Protection, daily operations and maintenance tips, configuring Endpoint Protection for different servers and applications, as well as workstation computers. You'll also see how to deal with malware and infected systems that are discovered. You'll find out how perform OS deployment, Bitlocker, and Applocker, and discover what to do if there is an attack or outbreak.You'll find out how to ensure good control and reporting, and great defense against threats and malware software. You'll see the huge benefits when dealing with application deployments, and get to grips with OS deployments, software updates, and disk encryption such as Bitlocker. By the end, you will be fully aware of the benefits of the System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection anti-malware product, ready to ensure your business is watertight against any threat you could face.Style and approachBuild robust SCEP and AV policies and discover the new potential of exciting new features of SCEP 2016.

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2016
ISBN
9781786467676

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook Second Edition


Table of Contents

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewer
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
How it worksā€¦
There's moreā€¦
See also
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Planning and Getting Started with System Center Endpoint Protection
Introduction
How does Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager work
How to do itā€¦
What made Endpoint Protection that good
Planning for the Endpoint Protection
How to do itā€¦
Prerequisites of the infrastructure
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
How it worksā€¦
Best practices for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
How to do it...
Administrating workflow for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
2. Configuring Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Introduction
Configuring Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
How it worksā€¦
Configuring alerts for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
How it worksā€¦
Configuring definition updates for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it worksā€¦
See also
Provisioning the Endpoint Protection client in a disk image in Configuration Manager
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
3. Operations and Maintenance for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Introduction
Creating and deploying antimalware policies for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
How to do itā€¦
Order and combination of policies to be merged
Exclusions
Creating and deploying Windows Firewall policies for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
How to do itā€¦
Monitoring Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
How to do itā€¦
4. Updates
Introduction
Understanding Endpoint Protection updates
How to do itā€¦
Working with updates from WSUS
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
Working with updates from SCCM
How to do itā€¦
What you need to consider and optimize when working with low bandwidth locations
How to do itā€¦
Why and how to use offline updates
How to do itā€¦
5. Security and Privacy for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
Introduction
Security and privacy for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager
How to do itā€¦
The Microsoft Security Center
How to do itā€¦
Keeping third-party applications up-to-date
How to do itā€¦
Configuring automatic sample submission
How to do itā€¦
6. Configuring and Troubleshooting Performance and Advanced Protection
Introduction
What you need to consider when running antimalware on your computer
How to do itā€¦
Configuring Endpoint Protection or Defender for Windows 10
How to do itā€¦
Integrating Endpoint Protection with OS Deployment
How to do itā€¦
What you need to consider regarding BitLocker and Endpoint Protection
How to do itā€¦
7. Troubleshooting and Fixing Issues
Introduction
Dealing with Endpoint Protection issues
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
Solving Endpoint Protection Policy issues
Getting ready
How to do itā€¦
Registry.pol files
Understanding update issues
How to do itā€¦
8. Malware Handling
Introduction
How to handle malware
How to do itā€¦
See also
Responding to infections that often occur
Getting ready
How to do it...
See also
Monitoring infectious outbreaks
How to do itā€¦
Protecting the Windows File Server from known Cryptolocker malware
Index

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Cookbook Second Edition

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Nicolai Henriksen
Reviewer
Ronni Pedersen
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About the Author

Nicolai Henriksen works as a chief technical architect consultant presently and lives in Bergen, Norway, with his wife and three children.
He has worked in the information technology consulting business for almost two decades, working and implementing systems in all kinds of various businesses from small to enterprises, mostly with products within the Microsoft family. But he has gained great experience and knowledge about many vendors and products.
Nicolai's educational background started with electronic engineering, and he worked for a while as a technician. That has also been his great interest, besides computers.
He started exploring computers in 1980 ...

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