Forefront Protection for Exchange surveyForefront Protection for Exchange survey

Thank you for participating in the Microsoft Forefront survey program. We look forward to getting your feedback and comments--this information will help us improve Forefront Protection for Exchange.

This survey will cover issues around products and policies that you might use to manage email security in your organization.

This survey should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

To begin, we'll start off by collecting some basic information about your organization, your role as an administrator, and some of the products you use.

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1. About how many end users with email accounts does your organization have?

About how many end users with email accounts does your organization have?

2. Which term best describes the industry your organization is in?

Which term best describes the industry your organization is in?

Other (please specify)

3. Which term best describes your role in your organization?

Which term best describes your role in your organization? Architect

E-mail administrator

Security officer

Compliance officer

Application administrator

Other (please specify)

4. Do you work directly for the organization?

Do you work directly for the organization? I'm an employee of the organization

I'm a contractor

I'm a consultant

If you have any comments, please type them here.

5. Is it part of your role to...

	Yes	No
DEFINE security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization?	*Is it part of your role to... DEFINE security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization? Yes	DEFINE security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization? No
IMPLEMENT security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization?	IMPLEMENT security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization? Yes	IMPLEMENT security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization? No
MONITOR or REPORT ON security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization?	MONITOR or REPORT ON security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization? Yes	MONITOR or REPORT ON security or compliance policies that affect the use of e-mail in your organization? No

If you have any comments, please type them here.

6. Does your organization use a hosted email service to provide your users with hosted mailboxes in the cloud?

Does your organization use a hosted email service to provide your users with hosted mailboxes in the cloud? We currently use hosted email for all of our users.

We currently use hosted email for some users but not all.

We do not currently use hosted email, but are planning to do so within the next year.

We do not currently use hosted email, and do not plan to do so within the next year.

If you have any comments, please type them here.

7. What e-mail solutions are used in production in your organization?
If you use multiple solutions, please indicate which one is primarily used.

	Primarily used	Also used in production, but not primary	Not used
Exchange 2003	*What e-mail solutions are used in production in your organization? If you use multiple solutions, please indicate which one is primarily used. Exchange 2003 Primarily used	Exchange 2003 Also used in production, but not primary	Exchange 2003 Not used
Exchange 2007	Exchange 2007 Primarily used	Exchange 2007 Also used in production, but not primary	Exchange 2007 Not used
Exchange 2010	Exchange 2010 Primarily used	Exchange 2010 Also used in production, but not primary	Exchange 2010 Not used
Exchange Online	Exchange Online Primarily used	Exchange Online Also used in production, but not primary	Exchange Online Not used
Google Gmail	Google Gmail Primarily used	Google Gmail Also used in production, but not primary	Google Gmail Not used
IBM Lotus Notes/Domino	IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Primarily used	IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Also used in production, but not primary	IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Not used
GroupWise	GroupWise Primarily used	GroupWise Also used in production, but not primary	GroupWise Not used

Other (please specify)

8. What e-mail security or compliance solution(s) do you use? What solution(s) are you planning to use within the next 12 months?

Please select all that apply.

	Currently use	Planning to use within 12 months
Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange	*What e-mail security or compliance solution(s) do you use? What solution(s) are you planning to use within the next 12 months? Please select all that apply. Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Currently use	Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Planning to use within 12 months
Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange	Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Currently use	Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Planning to use within 12 months
Symantec Brightmail	Symantec Brightmail Currently use	Symantec Brightmail Planning to use within 12 months
Symantec Hosted Service (MessageLabs Hosted Email Security)	Symantec Hosted Service (MessageLabs Hosted Email Security) Currently use	Symantec Hosted Service (MessageLabs Hosted Email Security) Planning to use within 12 months
McAfee E-mail Security	McAfee E-mail Security Currently use	McAfee E-mail Security Planning to use within 12 months
McAfee E-mail Security Service	McAfee E-mail Security Service Currently use	McAfee E-mail Security Service Planning to use within 12 months
Trend Micro ScanMail	Trend Micro ScanMail Currently use	Trend Micro ScanMail Planning to use within 12 months
Trend Micro Hosted Email Security	Trend Micro Hosted Email Security Currently use	Trend Micro Hosted Email Security Planning to use within 12 months
Google Postini	Google Postini Currently use	Google Postini Planning to use within 12 months
Cisco IronPort	Cisco IronPort Currently use	Cisco IronPort Planning to use within 12 months
ProofPoint	ProofPoint Currently use	ProofPoint Planning to use within 12 months
Barracuda appliance	Barracuda appliance Currently use	Barracuda appliance Planning to use within 12 months
Other on-premise appliance (please specify)	Other on-premise appliance (please specify) Currently use	Other on-premise appliance (please specify) Planning to use within 12 months
Other on-premise protection software (please specify)	Other on-premise protection software (please specify) Currently use	Other on-premise protection software (please specify) Planning to use within 12 months
Other hosted filtering service (please specify)	Other hosted filtering service (please specify) Currently use	Other hosted filtering service (please specify) Planning to use within 12 months

If you have any comments, please type them here.

9. Do you use Microsoft Operations Manager or System Center Operations Manager in your organization?

Do you use Microsoft Operations Manager or System Center Operations Manager in your organization? Yes, for health monitoring

Yes, for reporting

Yes, for both health monitoring and reporting

10. Aside from Microsoft Operations Manager or System Center Operations Manager, do you use any other health monitoring or reporting applications in your organization?

Aside from Microsoft Operations Manager or System Center Operations Manager, do you use any other health monitoring or reporting applications in your organization? Yes

What applications do you use? Please describe.

11. If you do use Microsoft Operations Manager or System Center Operations Manager in your organization, what type of management topology do you use?

If you do use Microsoft Operations Manager or System Center Operations Manager in your organization, what type of management topology do you use? A single Operations Manager server

Multiple Operations Manager servers

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