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miciti
miciti
Visitor III
April 23, 2025
Question

FortiClient EPP and windows security center - best practices?

  • April 23, 2025
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Hello everyone,

 

how do you handle Windows security center when using FortiClient EPP?

 

Our users got windows notifications on every boot that FortiClient is not up do date (it seems to take quite a few minutes to update signatures) so I decided to disable windows security notifications overall and also hid the security center symbol on the taskbar...

 

Anyone else found another solution for this?

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Stephen_G
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Stephen_G
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April 25, 2025

Hello miciti,

 

Thank you for using the Community Forum. I will seek to get you an answer or help. We will reply to this thread with an update as soon as possible.

 

If anyone viewing this topic has any knowledge on this, I encourage you to reply.

 

Thanks,

Stephen_G - Fortinet Community Team
Stephen_G
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Stephen_G
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April 29, 2025

Hello,

 

We are still looking for an answer to your question.

 

We will come back to you ASAP.

 

Thanks,

Stephen_G - Fortinet Community Team
    miciti
    micitiAuthor
    Visitor III
    April 29, 2025

    Thank you for your efforts

    Anthony_E
    Staff
    Anthony_E
    Staff
    May 7, 2025

    Hello,

     

    When using FortiClient EPP with Windows Security Center, follow these steps:

    1. Integration: FortiClient EPP can be integrated with Windows Security Center. This allows FortiClient to be recognized as an antivirus and threat protection application within Windows.
    2. Registration: By default, FortiClient may not register itself with Windows Security Center. You can choose to register FortiClient as an antivirus and threat protection agent if desired.
    3. Configuration: To configure this, access the FortiClient console and navigate to the settings related to Windows Security Center integration. Enable or disable registration based on your preference.
    4. Impact: The registration status does not impact the protection capabilities of FortiClient. It will continue to provide endpoint protection regardless of its registration status with Windows Security Center.

     

    Ensure that your FortiClient and Windows Security Center settings align with your organization's security policies and requirements.

     

    I hope it will help.

     

    Regards,

    Best Regards
    miciti
    micitiAuthor
    Visitor III
    May 9, 2025

    Hello Anthony,

     

    I do think FortiClient does register with windows security center by default because I can't remember I did set this manually and every FortiClient EPP I did install so far was automatically registered in windows security center.

    I can not find any setting regarding registration in FortiClient EMS either.

     

    The one thing that does bother me (and our users) is the warning from windows security center mentioning that antivirus is not up to date after everyday boot. It seems like windows security center is faster with this warning than FortiClient can up-date it's signatures after boot. I have FortiClient set up to update signatures every hour.

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