System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

Prerequisites for Endpoint Protection

You need to investigate prerequisites before implementing endpoint protection with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager; these can be a mixture of both internal and external dependencies as listed at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh508780.aspx.

Here are the external dependencies:

• WSUS is required if using the ConfigMgr software update point (SUP) role to deliver Endpoint Protection antimalware definition updates as discussed at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh237372.aspx.

• If you want to deploy firewall policies to Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1, you must install hotfix KB971800; see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971800 for information.

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