Uninstall Forefront

[kesh]

My company has decided to go with Avast and remove Forefront. Has anybody done a roll out to disable or uninstall SCEP via SCCM and then roll out new AV?

What steps/procedure did you follow?

I am thinking of these steps:

1. Creating a Package with a batch file and deploying this to uninstall (@echo off C:Windowsccmsetupscepinstall.exe /u /s)
2. Then to disable Endpoint Protection via client settings on SCCM.
3. Deploy Avast via a new Package or Application.

[GarthMJ]

I would reverse steps 1 and 2. For that matter, I'm not sure that you need step 1 at all. 

[kesh]

19 hours ago, GarthMJ said:

I would reverse steps 1 and 2. For that matter, I'm not sure that you need step 1 at all. 

Will it not cause an issue with SCEP and Defender(windows 10 devices) and Avast on the same machine? 

[GarthMJ]

Not sure, but I'm sure that Avest can answer that for you.