[BESAdmin-Announcements] BES 6.0 Released!

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Hi everybody,

We are pleased to announce that BES 6.0 is now available! 
 
BES 6.0 adds many new features including baselining, improved computer
grouping, application usage tracking, dashboard overviews, and much
more. Information about the new features in BES 6.0 are available at
http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/changes-6.0.html and a more
detailed changelist is available at
http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-6.0.txt.
 
Upgrade Process:
Here are a few commonly asked questions about the upgrade process. The
upgrade process should be quick and easy, but please pay careful
attention to the notes to avoid any problems:
- Every BES customer with a current license is entitled to the upgrade
at no cost.
 
- Upgrades can be done using the Fixlet messages in the BES Support site
(there is a different Fixlet message for each BES component upgrade). 
 
- You can also upgrade any or all the components manually using the
instructions at http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html.
 
- The Fixlet message to upgrade the BES Server / BES Consoles will be
become relevant for different companies over the next week or so. If you
don't see the upgrade Fixlet message relevant now, you can wait until
they become relevant (at some point in the next few days) OR you can add
the custom setting "LimitedAvailability"="6.0" to your BES Server and
BES Consoles and the upgrade Fixlet messages will become relevant
shortly after the setting is added. 
 
- You must upgrade the BES components in a "top-down" fashion. The order
is important: 
    - You must upgrade the BES Server and BES Consoles at the same time.
    - You must upgrade the BES Server before the upgrading the BES
Relays.
    - You must upgrade the BES Relays before upgrading the BES Clients
(upgrade ALL relays before upgrading ANY clients).
 
- Earlier BES Clients and BES Relays are reverse compatible with the
newer BES Relays and BES Server so you do not need to upgrade all the
components at the same time as long as you upgrade in the order noted
above (however, some features will not be available until all the
components are upgraded).
 
- The BES Client upgrade Fixlet message will only become relevant after
the BES Server and BES Relays are upgraded (it can take up to 6 hours
for the BES Client upgrade Fixlet message to become relevant after the
BES Server/Relays are upgraded).
 
 
If you have any questions, please contact your support technician.
Please also note that with the release of BES 6.0, we will no longer
support BES 4.1 and earlier versions.
 
We encourage all BES users to upgrade whenever possible to take
advantage of the new features and improvements.
 
Thanks,
BigFix Product Team
 
 
 
 
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