Trend Micro Control Manager is a software management solution to control
Trend Micro and third-party antivirus and content security programs from
a central location. This application simplifies the administration of
a corporate virus and content security policy.
Control
Manager server —
acts as a repository for all data collected from the agents. It can be
a Standard
or Enterprise edition server. A Control Manager server includes the
following features:
A SQL database
that stores managed product configurations and logs
A Web server that hosts the
Control Manager management
console
A mail server that delivers
event notifications via email
A report server, present
only in the Enterprise edition, that generates antivirus and content security
products reports
Trend
Micro Management Communication Protocol (MCP) — Trend Micro's new agent protocol with SSO,
cluster node support, HTTP/HTTPS communication, and one-way communication
for NAT support
Trend Micro Infrastructure
— handles
the Control Manager server interaction with managed products using older
agents
Agent —
receives commands from the Control Manager server and sends status information
and logs to the Control Manager server
Web-based management console
— provides
control of the Control Manager network from virtually any computer with
an Internet connection and Microsoft™
Internet Explorer™