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OfficeScan includes a framework called Plug-in Manager that integrates new solutions into the existing OfficeScan environment. Plug-in Manager delivers two types of solutions:
Native OfficeScan features
Plug-in programs
None of the plug-in solutions currently support IPv6. The server can download these solutions but will not be able to deploy them to pure IPv6 OfficeScan clients or pure IPv6 hosts.
To help ease the management of these solutions, Plug-in Manager provides at-a-glance data for the solutions in the form of widgets.
Some native OfficeScan features are licensed separately and activated through Plug-in Manager. In this release, two features fall under this category, namely, Trend Micro Virtual Desktop Support and OfficeScan Data Protection. These features are discussed in this document.
Plug-in programs are not part of the OfficeScan program. These programs have their own licenses and are managed mainly from their own management consoles, which are accessible from within the OfficeScan web console. Examples of plug-in programs are Intrusion Defense Firewall, Trend Micro Security (for Mac), and Trend Micro Mobile Security.
This document provides a general overview of plug-in program installation and management and discusses plug-in program data available in widgets. Refer to the documentation for the specific plug-in program for details on configuring and managing the program.
Client-side Agents and Client Plug-in Manager
Some plug-in programs (such as Intrusion Defense Firewall) have a client-side agent that installs on Windows operating systems. The client-side agents can be managed through Client Plug-in Manager running under the process name CNTAoSMgr.exe.
CNTAoSMgr.exe is installed with and has the same system requirements as the OfficeScan client. The only additional requirement for CNTAoSMgr.exe is Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) version 3.0 or later.
Other client-side agents are not installed on Windows operating systems and are therefore not managed from Client Plug-in Manager. The Trend Micro Security (for Mac) client and Mobile Device Agent for Trend Micro Mobile Security are examples of these agents.
Use widgets to view at-a-glance data for the individual plug-in solutions that you have deployed. Widgets are available on the OfficeScan server’s Summary dashboard. A special widget, called OfficeScan and Plug-ins Mashup, combines data from OfficeScan clients and plug-in solutions and then presents the data in a client tree.
This Administrator’s Guide provides an overview of widgets and the solutions that support widgets.