Microsoft Forefront has brought together the essential capabilities needed to provide an integrated solution to secure enterprise collaboration environments. The Secure Collaboration solution enables business to collaborate more securely from virtually any location or device, while preventing unauthorized use of confidential information. Understanding that security is a means to a business end, Secure Collaboration, a part of Microsoft's Business-Ready Security, helps companies manage risks and empower people with access to the information they need to get their jobs done.

IT administrators can enable more secure collaboration both within the enterprise and with outside organizations by using standards-based and interoperable identity sharing. With simplified management and reporting, businesses can implement centralized control of collaboration security.