Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forefront Protection for Exchange Server

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The result was merge to Microsoft Forefront. merge & redir DGG ( talk ) 04:48, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Forefront Protection for Exchange Server

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. 23:48, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

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Hi. I believe this article about a discontinued software product lacks notability. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 21:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Codename Lisa, please disclose the competing antivirus company which you work for! I strongly suspect that to be the case. MS FPE is indeed a notable product, with many millions of seats licenced worldwide. It is not discontinued, it remains officially supported with malware/spam fingerprint database updates and potential security patches until April 2015, but no new software versions or new feature-adding service packs will be published from Sep 2012. This kind of "extroduction" from the market realistically gives current operators 1 to 1.5 years to move on to other Microsoft in-house offerings (typically Forefront Online Protection for Exchange a.k.a. the new Exchange Online Protection) or buy into solutions from any 3rd party IT-sec vendor. 87.97.99.95 (talk) 18:23, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Microsoft ForeFront as lacking sourcing, claim of notability and awards. If in-depth coverage in multiple independent sources is added to the article, feel free to ping my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 22:04, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 20:53, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Microsoft Forefront as the previous speaker said. MountWassen (talk) 07:30, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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