[BESAdmin-Announcements] [Client Manager for Anti-virus] Pre-release notification

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The Client Manager for Anti-Virus site will be updated on January 20, 2010 (01.20.10) and will include several new updates and changes that users should be aware of.  The changes include:

* Site Rename - The existing 'Client Manager for Anti-Virus' (CMAV) site will be renamed to 'Client Manager for Endpoint Protection' (CMEP).  This name change will affect anybody with the site currently loaded.  No action is required, but users should take note that the existing CMAV content will show up under 'Client Manager for Endpoint Protection' instead of 'Client Manager for Anti-Virus' when looking under the Fixlets, Tasks, and Analyses sections.

* New and Improved Dashboard - A new dashboard will be made available within the BigFix Console.  The dashboard will supersede the existing dashboards and wizards found in the CMAV site.  Note that the existing dashboards and wizards will continue to be supported and will remain in the site.  BigFix will deprecate the older dashboards in the future with appropriate notice.

* Expanded product / platform support - CMEP has been expanded to include additional support for newer versions of the Symantec, McAfee, Sophos, and Trend Micro anti-malware products, including to support for Windows 7 and Macintosh.

* Device control - Additional capability has been added to CMEP to provide device control visibility and reporting around USB devices and other connection mechanisms.

The existing capability provide within the CMAV site will remain until BigFix issues a deprecation notice.  Users should be aware that when this update is made, the location of Fixlets, Tasks, and Analyses will change.  Users will need to look for the content under 'Client Manager for Endpoint Protection'.

Please contact BigFix technical support with any questions or concerns related to this release.  BigFix will be posting new documentation and release notes to the support site prior to the update.

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BigFix Application Engineering Team
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