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Stirling allows companies to manage their security products across the network from a single machine and console. The software also features Dynamic Response, which allows software such as Active Directory, System Center, and Network Access Protection to share security information and respond to threats.

"Customers tell

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us that IT security is becoming increasingly complex, with multiple point solutions and management consoles creating both a financial and management headache for businesses today," says Ryan Hamlin, general manager in the Access and Security Division at Microsoft.

"By taking an integrated solutions approach that combines IT security, identity and access with systems management capabilities at the foundational level, and by delivering innovative products like Forefront Stirling, we are providing dynamic protection and response capabilities that help customers secure their business while also saving time and reducing costs."

Microsoft expects to ship Stirling in the first half of 2009.

You can download the beta here.