we have this contract that finally... and I mean finally approved..... after 10 long years.... way before i started here....
my boss... our BIG BIG boss.. the TOP BOSS at the top of the hirarchary... asked the consultant dude...so what do you use for as your antivirus? we are using *blah blah* and i think it takes up alot of resources.
consultant: oh... we use Microsoft's Essential (antivirus) on our 300 systems... it is free... doesn't use as much resources as *blah blah*
boss: really?
boss looks at me: how come we aren't using this free antivirus?
me: MS Essentials is free to homeusers and small business with under 10 users... they require licensing if you have more than 10 users.