Endpoint SWAT: Protect the Endpoint Community

This section will provide a resource to consolidate information to help individuals who wish to jumpstart their knowledge in the product Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x. This site is not endorsed by Symantec Corporation and should only be used as a community based guide.

Implementation

Tips and tricks to help with the implementation of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

• How To Optimize Endpoint Protection for Branch Offices using GUPs, Load Balancing, and Location Awareness
• Which Communication Ports does Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 use?
• Best Practices guide for Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager with a SQL Server 2005 Database
• Best Practices guide for Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11 RU5 with a SQL Server 2008 Database
• Best Practices for Installing Symantec Endpoint Protection on Windows Servers
• Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection on Citrix and Terminal Servers
• Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x: Best Practices for Disaster Recovery with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

Administration

Information to help with day to day administration of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

• Symantec Endpoint Protection Client and Manager Version List (Decoder)
• Setting up Management Server Lists based on locations in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
• Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection Location Awareness
• Monitoring Server Health on Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
• Best Practices for configuring the number of content revisions to keep in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

Keeping Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 up to date

Information on keeping SEP Manager and clients up to date with the latest definitions and code

• Best Practices with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Group Update Providers (GUP)
• Group Update Provider: Sizing and Scaling Guidelines
• New features and functionality in Symantec Endpoint Protection Release Update 5 (SEP RU 5) Group Update Provider (GUP)
• Configuring the Group Update Provider (GUP) in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 RU5 and later
• About configuring rules for multiple Group Update Providers
• How To Optimize Endpoint Protection for Branch Offices using GUPs, Load Balancing, and Location Awareness
• How to locate the Group Update Provider (GUP) list in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 RU5 and Later
• How to search for the clients that act as Group Update Providers ?
• Content Distribution Monitor (for GUP Health Checking)

TRAINING:

Great Video’s created on Group Update Provider on the Symantec Connect website.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/group-update-providers-part-1

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/group-update-providers-part-2

Virtual Environments

How to protect and optimize your virtual environments with SEP 11

• Best Practice for Symantec Endpoint Protection Scheduled Scans in VMWare
• Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection in virtual environments
• Guidelines for installing and running the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) in a VMware image

How To's

• Upgrading from the embedded database to a SQL Server database
• Policies
• Antivirus and Antispyware
• Intusion Prevention
• Firewall
• Application and Device Control

Visit the Endpoint SWAT Group

To access all of the content available in the Endpoint SWAT group, visit Endpoint SWAT.