Getting Up And Running On Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition For The First Time - Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual

26 Introducing Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
Protecting your network with Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
Getting up and running on Symantec Endpoint Protection Small
Business Edition for the first time
Action
Install or migrate the
management server
Create groups
Modify the Virus and
Spyware Protection
policy
Activate the product
license
Prepare computers for
client installation
(optional)
You should assess your security requirements and decide if the default settings
provide the balance of performance and security you require. Some performance
enhancements can be made immediately after you install Symantec Endpoint
Protection Manager.
Table 1-4 lists the tasks you should perform to install and protect the computers
in your network immediately.
Tasks to install and configure Symantec Endpoint Protection Small
Table 1-4
Business Edition
Description
Whether you install the product for the first time, upgrade from a previous version, or
migrate from another product, you install Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager first.
See Installing the management server and the console"
See About migrating to Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition"
You can add the groups that contain computers based on the level of security or function
the computers perform. For example, you should put computers with a higher level of
security in one group, or a group of Mac computers in another group.
See How you can structure groups"
See Adding a group" on page 104.
See Guidelines for managing portable computers"
Change the following default scan settings:
For the servers group, change the scheduled scan time to a time when most users are
offline.
See Setting up scheduled scans that run on Windows computers"
Purchase and activate a license within 30 days of product installation.
See Activating your product license"
Before you install the client software, perform the following tasks, if necessary:
Uninstall third-party virus protection software from your computers.
For more information on a tool to uninstall any competitive product automatically,
see the knowledge base article,
If you deploy client software remotely, first modify the firewall settings on your client
computers to allow communication between the computers and the management
server.
See Preparing for client installation"
on page 45.
on page 103.
on page 105.
on page 59.
SEPprep competitive product uninstall
on page 71.
on page 86.
on page 157.
tool.