The OfficeScan HTTP-based server is the central repository for all client configurations, security risk logs, and client programs and updates. The server performs two important functions:
Installs, monitors, and manages networked computer clients
Downloads components from the Trend Micro update server and distributes them to clients
The OfficeScan server is capable of providing real-time, bidirectional communication between the server and clients. You can manage the clients from a browser-based Web console, which you can access from virtually anywhere on the network.
The server communicates with the client (and the client with the server) through HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The server can only install HTTP-based clients. You cannot install an HTTP-based client if the client computer does not support TCP/IP.