Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers
Comprehensive, award-winning protection for Microsoft SharePoint environments

Overview:

Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers detects and removes viruses, spyware, and other threats on files uploaded to and downloaded from your SharePoint server(s). Using Symantec’s award-winning antivirus technologies it quickly scans files for potential threats. The product integrates into the SharePoint Administration Console to provide easy and seamless management of your SharePoint server environment.

Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers leverages the power of the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to alert you quickly if a malicious attack is about to strike your company. It blocks the threat and keeps it from affecting your business by helping to ensure that your Symantec products maintain the latest virus definitions. Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers receives updated virus definitions automatically and frequently, so there is no lag between the time that Symantec finds a new threat and your organization is protected from it.

Key Features

Scanning
Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers leverages the power of the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to alert you quickly if a malicious attack is about to strike your company. It blocks the threat and keeps it from affecting your business by helping to ensure that your Symantec products maintain the latest virus definitions. Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers receives updated virus definitions automatically and frequently, so there is no lag between the time that Symantec finds a new threat and your organization is protected from it. Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers offers the industry’s only off-box scanning option. The scan engine component can be installed on the SharePoint server as usual, or on a separate server to increase performance, allow scalability, provide failover, and reduce the load on the SharePoint server.

Reporting
Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers lets administrators obtain updates on virus activity within the SharePoint environment via regularly scheduled or on-demand reports. Reports can be created in PDF format and automatically forwarded to a list of recipients upon generation.

Management
Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers features a new management interface that is easier to use and administer. It seamlessly integrates with the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Console so that administrators can use a single interface to manage all SharePoint settings, including advanced security settings and scan engine configurations. Settings can be updated remotely from any machine without the need to install a separate agent.

Key Benefits

• Simplifies and speeds up the process of recovering quarantined files by storing both the file and its metadata
• Features a new management interface that makes the product even easier to use and administer, saving your organization valuable time and allowing you to focus on key strategic IT initiatives
• Prevents your SharePoint server from becoming a repository of infected files by scanning and cleaning files stored in SharePoint that are not accessible to endpoint antivirus solutions
• Allows both manual and scheduled scanning of the SharePoint document library
• Delivers fast response to and remediation of malware threats
• Leverages Symantec antivirus engine, winner of an unmatched 40 consecutive Virus Bulletin VB100 awards
• Integrates tightly with the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Console to provide a single management interface for configuring all SharePoint settings, both locally and remotely
• Supports Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2013, 2010, and 2007, SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and 3.0
• Can be used with Symantec Enterprise Vault™ for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2010 and Symantec Backup Exec™ for SharePoint to deliver a comprehensive security, archiving, and data recovery solution
• Makes recovering quarantined files easy. The quarantine stores the file and its metadata, simplifying and speeding up the process for restoring files.
• New management interface makes the product even easier to use and simpler to administer, saving organizations valuable time and allowing them to address key strategic IT initiatives.