Worry Free Business Security v6.0 SP2

SP2 stand-alone can be implemented directly onto a WFv6.x server install.
WFBS 6 SP2 repack can be installed directly onto WF5.x and below servers'

Now, what's new in Service Pack 2?

1. Low-Impact Smart Scan Pattern Update Mechanism - To reduce the impact of updates to Security Server performance, certain resource-intensive processes have been moved to Trend Micro servers in the cloud.
2. Adjustments to Behaviour Monitoring and the Firewall - for Performance Behaviour Monitoring is now disabled by default on Clients in server groups, while the Firewall remains disabled by default on all Clients and is now completely removed from the servers! Upgrading to Service Pack 2 automatically adjusts both features on all Clients in existing server groups.
3. UNC Paths on Behaviour Monitoring Exception List - Protects end-points from programs that run from network folders.
   
4. Cleanup Mechanism After Updates Disk Cleaner - cleanup tool removes remnant files automatically every time the Security Server updates. The tool can also be run manually to clean up the Security Server.

Other Enhancements

• Reduced frequency of security status reporting to Worry-Free Remote Manager to enhance performance
• Seat count threshold for displaying warnings on the Live Status screen has been changed to 100%.
• Wording changes on the Messaging Security Agent installation screen to cover User Access Control on Windows™ Small Business Server 2008

So, what does all this mean...

We had lots of feedback from you, the partner community regarding issues you had experienced with V5 and V6 of WFBS...

The main ones being

• Bloating - Install size getting too large
• Upgrade not being "worry free"
• Issues with the Message Security Agent (MSA) Install
• Default Config not providing optimal performance

We did some testing on SP2 internally. Some of you will be familiar with Anthony Edwards and his field services team. They are a dedicated, highly technical group of people. They were tasked with putting SP2 through the wringer to ensure it met our expectations for the local market. It passed with flying colours.

Addressing the specific issues mentioned above:

• The scope of the SP2 project was never to reduce the overall size of the product. This is a project which is currently being worked on for WF v7 - the good news with this is that they are going back to the drawing board and re-architecting the entire product to make is slick! I personally have high expectations from this project! We are setting ourselves lofty goals, and I think they will be achieved!
• Anthony and his team found the upgrade from v5, and v6 to v6 SP2 to be simply flawless! They were unable to generate any errors.
• The MSA too, installed flawlessly - they were not able to fault it, even when they tried!
• The performance of the default configuration has been greatly improved too - the issues seems to lie specifically with the firewall on the servers - SP2 removes the FW completely from the servers, and in doing so removes any perfmormance impact that was previously being encountered at the server level.

So overall, WF6 SP2 addresses the majority of challenges experienced by our channel and customers. The results of the tests meets the expectations set from the SP. Some minor issues still require further investigation and troubleshooting outside the scope of concerns presented, and there are some issues which still need to be addressed which were not part of the scope of SP2.

I hope this has been informative for everone - and trust you all have a great week!