If you're talking about installing on Windows Home Server, I doubt that MSE will be supported on Windows Home Server. If you're talking about installing on your clients, I would expect that you'll have no real issues.I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
Marked as answer byJRDEEZTuesday, September 29, 2009 4:52 PM
If you're talking about installing on Windows Home Server, I doubt that MSE will be supported on Windows Home Server. If you're talking about installing on your clients, I would expect that you'll have no real issues.I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
Marked as answer byJRDEEZTuesday, September 29, 2009 4:52 PM
Thank you for your thoughts. My clients do have malware protection.
I was hoping that the seemingly decent and free new Microsoft malware protection product would be usable and supported for use on WHS servers. I will watch the evolution of the product to see if support is extended.
Thanks again for your interest. In fact, it is exactly that site, that caused me to ask the question. I am using a free-for-awhile version of Avast Antivirus for WHS. I am not sure of the cost when the "Free"period is over. The reason for my Microsoft Security Essentials interest is that my immediate family has all grown and moved away and I have given them Web acccess to my WHS. Given that they are logging on and I cannot control their antivirus up-keep on their machines, I was hoping that the MSE product would work on my server.
It is interesting in researching drivers for my high-end home built WHS server that drivers for some hardware devices showing Server 2003, NT and XP compatibility work just fine on my WHS environment. At some point I may try an MSE installation on my Home Server; but I do not have any preconceived notions that it will work.
But as examples of success, a Tripp-Lite UPS I use, has some monitor and notification software that is compatible with MS Server 2003. I was able to have it function on WHS but not without the installation of Server 2003 - NT, XP compatible Java(TM) (not documented even by Tripp-Lite Support). It was a little tempromental at first but now seems to work very well. Additionally, my motherboard provider assured me that the NT/XP drivers for the Asus NVIDIA ethernet and video chipsets would work with WSH and they do with out any problems.
