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Wouldn’t it be handy to have one place on the web where you could find an updated list of ALL the AV exclusions you might want to configure? This wiki stub topic is meant to be that list. Feel free to add to the list, it is the wiki way!  

  

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

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

Hyper-V:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/961804

Exchange:
Exchange 2010: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342.aspx
Exchange 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332342(EXCHG.80).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(EXCHG.80).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

WSUS:
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

According with Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team:

We have heard from a few customers about an issue with configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB) on Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines. This problem may occur with a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine (guest) on Hyper-V or VMware.

When you configure NLB on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system that is a virtual machine, the system may crash with a blue screen with the error shown below. Another possible symptom is that the guest system may hang.
*** STOP: 0x0000007C (0×0000000000000014, 0×0000000000000002, 0×0000000000000000, 0×0000000000000000)
BUGCODE_NDIS_DRIVER

Researching this issue, we found the issue happens only when some anti-virus products are installed on the Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine. If we remove the anti-virus software and then configure NLB, everything works fine. We have found the following workaround has been successful for customers we’ve worked with on this issue:
Configure NLB on the Windows Server 2008 R2 guest before installing anti-virus software. Anti-virus software may then be installed. If the issue still occurs, please contact Microsoft Support.

Here’s a nice document from Microsoft that you should read before configuring your Anti-virus settings.

This document has recommendations that may help you protect a computer that is running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista from viruses. This article also contains information to help you minimize the effect of antivirus software on system and network performance.

Click KB822158

From technet Managing Antivirus Software on Active Directory Domain Controllers