Today at Tech�Ed 2005 Europe, Microsoft Corp.�s annual flagship European technical education conference for developers and IT professionals, Sybari Software Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, announced general availability of the Sybari Antigen management pack for Microsoft� Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. The management pack provides critical performance and availability data through the MOM 2005 console for Sybari�s Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and enables IT administrators to rapidly identify and manage potential threats to the security of their network.

�Our customers have told us that they want a way to centrally manage and monitor server performance, availability and security, so we are excited to offer customers closer integration between Sybari Antigen and MOM 2005,� said Joe Licari, vice president of product management for Sybari. �Now corporations can extend their use of MOM 2005 and Antigen to better ensure that critical servers and applications are available and secure.�

MOM 2005 and MOM 2005 management packs are key deliverables of Microsoft�s Dynamic Systems Initiative, a commitment from Microsoft and industry partners to help IT customers capture and use knowledge to design more manageable systems and automate ongoing operations.