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Web Reputation protects your Lync/Skype for Business Server environment by validating the authenticity of URLs that users send during messaging sessions and file transfers.
For details, see Configuring Web Reputation.
IM Security performs the following tasks upon receiving a URL:
  1. Evaluates the URL to determine if it is a web threat or a legitimate URL.
    IM Security determines if a URL is a web threat by analyzing its reputation score. Trend Micro calculates the reputation score using proprietary metrics.
  2. Applies the Web Reputation action.
    IM Security takes the action that the administrator specified on the Web Reputation Actions screen.
  3. Sends notifications to the administrator or contacts.
    IM Security allows you to notify administrators, or the Lync/Skype for Business client contacts involved in the malicious URL detection, through email, IM, SNMP, or Windows Event log.
Note
Note
The Web Reputation feature requires an active Internet connection.