User Guide

Webroot Enterprise System Administrator Guide 3
Understanding Webroot Enterprise
Webroot Enterprise offers a total enterprise solution for your companywide spyware management
using a client/server architecture. Figure 1 shows a base configuration and how Webroot
Enterprise works.
Figure 1: Webroot Enterprise base architecture
The Webroot Enterprise product includes three types of components that you install on your
computers:
• On a company server, you install Webroot Enterprise Server™, which is described in
Table 4.
– If you want to use more than one company server, consider using additional
distributor servers, as described in “Planning for Webroot Enterprise Deployment” on
page 5, or contact technical support for assistance.
• On each end user’s computer, you install the client workstation components, which are
described in Table 5.
• On each distributor server, you install the distributor service, which is described in
Table 6.
If you have a complex internal network, run firewall programs at the desktop or server level, or use
proxy servers internally, you should review “Appendix A, Webroot Enterprise Port Requirements”
on page 61.
Your company server, with Webroot
Enterprise installed, downloads updates from
the Webroot Update Server over the Internet.
Workstations on your LAN, with the Spy
Sweeper client installed, download updates
from your company server.
Webroot Update Server where
application and definition
updates are available.
Internet
LAN