Hiya,

Started at my new company beginning of the month where I'm supporting their 2008 SBS server that runs the DC and Exchange, file storage, etc. etc. bascially everything.

So I was poking around my laptop and found that I had no anti-virus on there... and neither did a bunch of other people! Worse still, the server that the entire company relies on has none either!

Obviously, after 10 years at a major Telecoms place, I'm used to an environment where the IT budget it millions a year... not about 10 quid a year so this is proving a difficult adjustment!

Can anyone recommend an anti-virus program that's appropriate for SBS 2008? Most importantly it needs to be cheap. You shoulda seen the look on my boss' face when I looked up AVG or Avast and a server licence was £250!

They'd probably pay if that was the only alternative but I said I'd look around.


Thanks!

James

How many clients will be attached to it mate?

Linky

Microsoft allow 10 free Security Essentials installs for small businesses if that helps.....depends how many clients we are talking about.

Rich

[Edited on 23/6/11 by rb968]

[Edited on 23/6/11 by rb968]

Avira would my weapon of choice but istr the cost is about the same

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Originally posted by James
Hiya,

Started at my new company beginning of the month where I'm supporting their 2008 SBS server that runs the DC and Exchange, file storage, etc. etc. bascially everything.

So I was poking around my laptop and found that I had no anti-virus on there... and neither did a bunch of other people! Worse still, the server that the entire company relies on has none either!

Obviously, after 10 years at a major Telecoms place, I'm used to an environment where the IT budget it millions a year... not about 10 quid a year so this is proving a difficult adjustment!

Can anyone recommend an anti-virus program that's appropriate for SBS 2008? Most importantly it needs to be cheap. You shoulda seen the look on my boss' face when I looked up AVG or Avast and a server licence was £250!

They'd probably pay if that was the only alternative but I said I'd ask some people on a car related forum!!


Thanks!

James

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Sophos protects my 2008 servers. I bought it as a huge bulk order though at £2.63 a client. That's for three years too.

ForeFront Protection 2010 also protects my Exchange 2010 server - does a very good job too.

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/endpoint-protection/en/us/default.aspx

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Originally posted by James


They'd probably pay if that was the only alternative but I said I'd ask some people on a car related forum!!


Thanks!

James

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Originally posted by RichardK
How many clients will be attached to it mate?

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I'd be looking at MS Forefront in that case at about £7 per user per annum or you could just put it on the server and use security essentials which is free even in a business envirioment for less than 10 users but you have no central managment like you get with forefront config manager but would work out at about £60 + vat.

Linky

Cheers

Rich

Power Switch.

Job done.