• In this lecture, we will discuss the **features and benefits **of Endpoint Protection integration.
  • Next, we will discuss the SCCM server prerequisites.
  • Then we will demonstrate how Endpoint Protection is integrated into System Center Configuration Manager 2016.

I should point out that System Center Endpoint protection can be installed on a stand-alone system or it can be integrated together with Configuration Manager.

So, what are the **benefits **of integrating Endpoint Protection into SCCM?

• For example, if you have hundreds of computers in your organization that you want to protect with Endpoint Protection, instead of trying to manage them one at a time. With SCCM and Endpoint Protection working together you can automatically deploy updates and new antimalware file definitions to every computer in your organization.

**SCCM Provides integration with Endpoint Protection by implementing: **

• Centralized management with Endpoint Protection
• You can deploy updates to devices and device collections – In Configuration Manager You can consider a device collection as a group of computers.
• With Endpoint Protection, you can deploy Antimalware policies and Windows Firewall Policies to these collections
• SCCM allows us to configure Alerts and reports and send Email notifications when certain items are violated. Reports evaluate our malware situation.

SCCM Server Prerequisites

If you have been completed the labs in section two and three. You should have the following components already installed and configured in your lab.

• Server 2016
• Active Directory
• DNS for name resolution
• SQL – which stores inventory data and malware results in the SQL data base.
• SCCM 2016 with Endpoint Protection

Before we install Endpoint Protection I wanted to take a look at the integration capabilities of Endpoint Protection within the Configuration Manager console.

Integration…