One place on the web where you can find an updated list of ALL the AV exclusions you might want to configure for Windows Server. Feel free to add to the list, it is the wiki way!

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Enterprise Configuration Recommendations:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158 

Windows:

• KB822158 Virus scanning recommendations for Enterprise computers that are running currently supported versions of Windows

Windows / Active Directory: 

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837932
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943556

Cluster:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/250355

Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM):

• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2179.aspx
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/961804
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2628135

Forefront: Considerations when using antivirus software on FF Edge Products

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943620
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc707727.aspx

FRS:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815263

SQL:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422

IIS:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821749
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817442

DHCP:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927059

SCOM / MOM:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975931

Config Manager 2007:

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2010/11/30/configmgr-2007-antivirus-scan-and-exclusion-recommendations.aspx

Exchange:

• Exchange 2010: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342.aspx
• Exchange 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328841
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823166
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245822
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342.aspx

SharePoint:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952167
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320111
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322941

SMS:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327453

ISA:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887311

Windows Update:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900638

SBS:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885685

 MED-V

• Recommended Anti-Virus exclusions for MED-V client and workspace installations

System Center:

• Recommendations for antivirus exclusions in MOM 2005 and Operations Manager 2007

Data Protection Manager:

• Running Antivirus Software on the DPM Server

App-V

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg195736.aspx

BizTalk Server
See recommendations in BizTalk performance optimization guides:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc558617(BTS.10).aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee377064(BTS.70).aspx

Mentioned executables used by BizTalk includes EntSSO.exe, MSDTC.exe, BTSNTSvc.exe, BTSNTSvc64.exe, SQLServr.exe, but also others as IIS, Customer WCF services, MSMQ, Rule Engine, SQL Agent, SSIS, SSNS and other applications used in integration scenarios.



Other great compilations

• http://blogs.technet.com/jeff_stokes/archive/2010/05/19/anti-virus-exclusions-and-you.aspx
• http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=antivirus+exclusions&spid=global&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&ast=25&ast=28&res=20
• If your antivirus is Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) you may use the Preconfigured Policy Templates for different server roles and Microsoft applications.