Re: TrandMicro Antivirus installtion on remote clients?

From: Les Connor [SBS MVP] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:01:17 -0500

That's not a bad suggestion anyway.

With the exception of a VPN connection (which has become less frequent with
RWW and TS etc)., becoming an officescan client (and using a license) is a
bit of a waste. If you're not going to connect to the lan and use the
Officescan server for reporting, updating, status reports, setting policy
and priveledges, and all the stuff that Officescan allows, you gain
othing. - why not just use PC-cillin.

PCcillin and Officescan offer the same protection, the difference being
Officescan has the management console and facilities to manage the network.
If you're not on the network, can't be managed by officescan, so pccillin is
the better product - simpler for a stand-alone machine. The license cost is
about the same. 

-- 
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
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SBS Rocks !
"root" <postmaster@buchanangc.com> wrote in message
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> "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message
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> > BTW, there is also something called the remote client 'packager', (I
think
> > it's still there) which lets you copy the installation for remote
clients
> to
> > disk and send them there for remote installation.
> >
> > As mentioned, there are lots of goodies many people never find because
> Trend
> > doesn't advertise them well and people generally don't read
documentation
> > unless they are stuck.
>
> AND apparently things that even the folks who answer "pre-sales questions"
> at Trend don't know either.  I asked this one there a few days ago and
they
> said one has to get PC-cillin.  Thanks again.
>
> > "root" <postmaster@buchanangc.com> wrote in message
> > news:OvadPhqQEHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:OpxGQ4lQEHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > The best way to install it is to do it locally, but it can also be
> done
> > by
> > > > vpn to the sbs. http://servername/officescan page has a link to
> install
> > > the
> > > > client.
> > > >
> > > > Once installed, you have two options for updates.
> > > >
> > > > a) If the remote client frequently connects to the domain (via vpn)
> then
> > > it
> > > > will automatically update from the Officescan Server (the sbs).
> > > >
> > > > b) If the remote client does not connect to the server on a regular
> > basis,
> > > > or is disconnected from the server for periods of time, it can be a
> > > 'mobile
> > > > client'. You will need to ensure that you give the remote client
> > > sufficient
> > > > 'options' in the Officescan control module, prior to installing the
> > > client.
> > > > Then the client can be put in mobile mode, and will update directly
> from
> > > > Trend servers whenever it has an internet connection.
> > > >
> > > > There is reasonably good documentation on this in the Officescan
help
> > file
> > > > system. Officescan has fair bit of unadvertised functionality,
> spending
> > > some
> > > > time in the help file system generally pays dividends.
> > >
> > > THANKYOU!
> > >
> > > Now does the above applies to this version of Trend's stuff for
SBS2003
> > ??:
> > > "Client/Server/ Messaging Suite for SMB"
> > >
> >
>
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/suites/csm-smb-suite/evaluate/overview.htm
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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