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Implementation Guide for Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
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Contents
1. Introducing Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- About Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- About the types of protection
- Single console management
- How you are protected out-of-the-box
- Key features of Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- Components of Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- Where to get more information about Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
  - Technical Support resources
2. Planning the installation
- Planning the installation
- Network architecture considerations
- Guidelines for managing portable computers
- About trialware
- Product license requirements
- System requirements
- Preparing your computers for installation
3. Installing Symantec Protection Center
- Installing Symantec Protection Center
- About the installation wizards
- About the Symantec Protection Center installation settings
- Installing the server and the console
  - Configuring the server
  - Creating the database
- What to do after you install Symantec Protection Center
- Uninstalling Symantec Protection Center
4. Preparing for client installation
- Preparing for client installation
- Configuring firewalls for remote deployment
- Preparing computers for remote deployment
5. Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition client
- Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition client
  - About managed and unmanaged computers
- About the client installation settings
- About deploying clients
- About reinstalling client protection
- Installing an unmanaged computer
- Uninstalling the client
6. Migrating to Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- About migrating to Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- Migrating legacy installations
  - About migrating computer groups
  - Migrating group settings and policy settings
- Upgrading Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
7. Starting the Symantec Protection Center console
- About starting the Symantec Protection Center console
- About the console
- Logging on to the console
- Logging on to a remote console
- Resetting a forgotten password
- What you can do from the console
- Configuring console preferences
8. Monitoring endpoint protection
- About monitoring endpoint protection
- Viewing the Daily Status Report
- Viewing the Weekly Status Report
- Viewing system protection
- Viewing virus and risk activity
- Viewing client inventory
- Finding unscanned computers
- Finding offline computers
- Viewing risks
- Viewing attack targets and sources
- About events and event logs
9. Managing security policies and computer groups
- About managing security policies and computer groups
- About computer groups
- About the security policies
- How policies are assigned to groups
- How computers get policy updates
- Assigning a policy to a group
- Testing a security policy
10. Managing content updates from LiveUpdate
- About managing content updates from LiveUpdate
- About LiveUpdate
- How clients receive content updates
- About the default LiveUpdate schedules
  - Configuring LiveUpdate for the server
  - Enabling LiveUpdate for clients
- Checking LiveUpdate server activity
- Viewing LiveUpdate downloads
- Manually downloading content updates to Symantec Protection Center
11. Managing notifications
- About managing notifications
- How notifications work
- About the default notifications
- Viewing notifications
- Creating a notification
- Creating a notification filter
12. Managing product licenses
- About managing product licenses
- About licenses
- About the Symantec Licensing Portal
  - Creating a Symantec Licensing Portal account
- Checking license status
- About purchasing a license
- Registering a serial number
- Importing a license
- About upgrading trialware
- About renewing a license
- Downloading a license file
- Backing up your license files
13. Managing protection scans
- About managing protection scans
- How protection scans work
  - About the types of protection scans
- About the default protection scan settings
- Enabling File System Auto-Protect
- Scheduling an administrator-defined scan
  - Scheduling a startup scan
  - Scheduling a triggered scan
- Scanning computers
- Updating virus definitions on computers
- About managing quarantined files
- Enabling or disabling TruScan proactive threat scans
- About adjusting the protection scans
- About exceptions
  - Configuring an exception
14. Managing firewall protection
- About managing firewall protection
- How the firewall works
- About the default firewall protection
- Enabling firewall protection
- Adjusting the firewall security level
- Configuring a firewall notification
- About adjusting firewall protection
15. Managing intrusion prevention protection
- About managing Intrusion Prevention protection
- How Intrusion Prevention protection works
- About the default Intrusion Prevention settings
- Enabling Intrusion Prevention
- Blocking an attacking computer
- Specifying Intrusion Prevention exceptions
16. Managing administrator accounts
- About managing administrator accounts
- About administrator accounts
- Creating an administrator account
- Editing an administrator account
- Enabling forgotten passwords
17. Managing disaster recovery
- Managing disaster recovery
- About preparing for disaster recovery
- Backing up the database
- Moving the server
- Reinstalling Symantec Protection Center
- Restoring the database
- Loading a disaster recovery file
A. Maintaining and troubleshooting Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
- Restarting client computers
- Finding managed computers
- Converting an unmanaged computer
- Finding the server host name and IP address
- Modifying email server settings
- Modifying the server installation settings
- Investigating client problems
- Troubleshooting Symantec Protection Center communication problems
- Troubleshooting content update problems
- Providing information for Symantec Support
B. Managing mobile clients and remote clients
- About mobile clients and remote clients
- About setting up groups for remote clients
- About strengthening your security policies for remote clients
- About client notifications
- About monitoring remote clients
Index

Managing security policies and computer groups

Testing a security policy

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