Q: What's the roadmap for the Microsoft Forefront product line?

Forefront Identity Manager and Forefront User Access Gateway roadmaps remain unchanged, and Microsoft will continue investment in those technologies.

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange is renamed Exchange Online Protection, and Exchange Server 2013 will include some built-in anti-malware capability.

The following products are being discontinued and will no longer be available for purchase after 12/1/2012 (but will be supported per normal Microsoft support processes through 12/31/2015 for the online services and 4/14/2015 with extended support through 4/14/2012 for Threat Management Gateway--TMG): ◦ Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) ◦ Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP) ◦ Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) ◦ Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (TMG) ◦ Forefront Threat Management Gateway Web Protection Services (TMG WPS)