


So the instructions below is simply a way to configure the registry keys of the application using the Group Policy Preferences Registry key setting. But MSE does not natively support Group Policy and having to configured even 10 copies of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) manually can be a pain. If you want more general info about MSE v2 see: Security Garden: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Releasedīefore I begin I should remind you that Microsoft only allows MSE to be used for free in small businesses with less that 10 seats (see here). Therefore I have updated my previous post based Group Policy for Microsoft Security Essentials to support configuring the newly added features.

Network inspection system* – Protection against network-based exploits is now built in to Microsoft Security Essentials.New protection engine – The updated anti-malware engine offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.Enhanced protection for web-based threats – Microsoft Security Essentials now integrates with Internet Explorer to provide protection against web-based threats.Windows Firewall integration – During setup, Microsoft Security Essentials will now ask if you would like to turn the Windows Firewall on or off.Microsoft have now released Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 to the web which has a number of new features over the previous version.
