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Installed components and services

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TSME installs various components on your Microsoft Exchange server.

To access an TSME component, click Start → Programs → McAfee → Security for Microsoft Exchange, then click the component:

  • Access Control — Allows or denies access to the TSME user interface for specific users or groups.

  • Product Configuration — Launches TSME standalone version or through a web interface.

  • Sitelist Editor — Specifies the location where automatic updates (including DATs and scanning engines) are downloaded from.

  • Cluster Replication Setup — Replicates the quarantine database, policy configurations, and product updates (Microsoft Exchange Server SE, 2016 CU23, and 2019 CU15). This is dependent upon the replication setting across a Data Availability Group (DAG), recognized by an TSME installation.

Services available

  • Trellix Agent Service, Trellix Agent Common Service, and Trellix Agent Backward Compatibility Service — Prerequisite for installing and using ePO - On-prem. For more details on this service, refer the ePO - On-prem product documentation.

  • Trellix Security for Microsoft Exchange — Protects your Microsoft Exchange Server (versions SE, 2016 CU23, and 2019 CU15) from viruses, unwanted content, potentially unwanted programs, and banned file types/messages.