Category: Forefront Endpoint Protection

SoftwareUpdateAutomation.exe Scheduled Task Fails with an 0x1 Error Message When Updating FEP 2010 Definition Package

Issue When using the SoftwareUpdateAutomation.exe file as a scheduled task to update the Forefront Endpoint Protection definition files, the scheduled task may fail with an error code of 0x1. In the %programdata%\SoftwareUpdateAutomation.log file may see the following error: SQLMessage = "[22018][245][Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'APSB10-22' to data type…
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Using Your Distribution Points for FEP Definitions with the Software Update Automation Tool – Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Update Rollup 1

In my previous post on using your distribution points for Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 definition files, we had to leverage a vbscript in order to automate the download of the definition files from Microsoft via a scheduled task and then create a package that updated automatically on schedule and have a recurring advertisement. We…
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Using SCCM Distribution Points for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Definition Updates

THIS METHOD HAS BEEN DEPRECIATED AS OF FOREFRONT ENDPOINT PROTECTION UPDATE ROLLUP 1. PLEASE SEE FOREFRONT ENDPOINT PROTECTION 2010 UPDATE ROLLUP 1 USING YOUR DISTRIBUTION POINTS FOR FEP DEFINITIONS WITH THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AUTOMATION TOOL FOR THE NEW METHOD.         As you are probably aware by now, Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP 2010)…
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