Protection & preservation for email – Filtering
Internet-based support for your existing email.
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange consists of layered technologies to help protect businesses’ inbound and outbound email from spam, viruses, phishing scams and email policy violations.
Microsoft Forefront Online Security is not available through Telstra – please contact DSC-IT for more information.
Download the Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Datasheet: Word | XPS
How It Works
Service Components
Policy Enforcement
Active content, connection and policy-based filtering
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange helps administrators enforce policies they set up to comply with corporate policies on email usage and with government regulations.
Spam and Virus Protection
Multi-engine spam and virus scanning
Using layers of anti-spam technology and multiple antivirus engines, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange removes spam and viruses-both known and unknown-from email before the malware reaches corporations.
Real-Time Message Trace and Reporting
Real time reporting and the powerful Message Trace tool give administrators insight into their email environment by retrieving the status of any email processed by Forefront Online Protection for Exchange in real-time.
Disaster Recovery
If the destination email server becomes unavailable for any reason, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange helps to ensure no email is lost or bounced by automatically queuing email for up to five days, attempting to deliver the email every 20 minutes.
Service Level Agreements
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange includes comprehensive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that include:
Network infrastructure
- Network uptime: 99.999%
- Email delivery: Average delivery commitment of less than one minute
Filtering accuracy
- Virus Blocking: 100% protection against all known email viruses
- Spam Capture: Capture of at least 98% of all inbound spam emails
- False Positive Ratio: False positive commitment of less than 1 in 250,000 emails
Try a 30 day trial to explore the features and benefits.

