[BESAdmin-Announcements] November Update on the BigFix Flash removal program

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix has delivered many Flash-free dashboards over the course of the last month.

This includes elimination of Flash in the Virtual Endpoint Manager site commencing with version 60; it also includes dashboards in Patching Support, OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging, Client Manager for Endpoint Protection and Security Configuration Manager sites.

All updated dashboards provide the same level of functionality and user experience as those they replaced.

Deployment of updated Flash-free content happens through regular site updates, with no intervention needed from the end user unless their BigFix deployment is running in an air-gapped configuration.

BigFix plans to continuously deliver Flash-free content, dashboards, wizards and web reports until all supported sites are made Flash free.





Important: Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player



Microsoft has published content titled “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player” on October, 27th.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player



It is an Optional update. It will move to a Recommended update in early 2021, but installation will not be forced. Customers will see Flash removal rolled into Windows cumulative updates, and therefore installed without specific user interaction, no sooner than summer of 2021.

Please note that this update cannot be uninstalled. Once removed, Flash Player cannot be restored to functionality. BigFix therefore recommends that this update not be applied to any computer running the BigFix Console until we have certified the removal of all Flash based content.





Sites Excluded from Adobe Flash Removal:



BigFix Labs (Unsupported)                                                            http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/bigfixlabs

Bitlocker Management (Unsupported)                                    http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/bitlocker

Client Manager Builder (Unsupported)                                    http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/clientmanagerbuilder

Windows 7 Migration (Unsupported)                                       http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/win7migration

BigFix OS Deployment 1.x (Obsolete)                                       http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/bigfixosdeployment

Client Manager for Application Virtualization (Obsolete) http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/clientappvirtualization

Client Manager for TPMfOSd (Obsolete)                                 http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/clientmanagerfortpmfosd

IBM Software Inventory (Obsolete)                                          http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/ibmsoftwareinventory

Linux RPM Patches (Obsolete)                                                    http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/linuxrpmpatching

OS Deployment 2.x (Obsolete)                                                    http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/osdeployment

Patches for ESX v3 (Obsolete)                                                     http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/patchesforesx3

RHEL Patches (Obsolete)                                                               http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/rhelpatches

Windows Remote Desktop (Obsolete)                                     http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/windowsremotedesktop





Sites Certified Adobe Flash Free



Patches for ESXi, site version 112

Virtual Endpoint Manager, site version 60





Sites with Remaining Flash Content

    * All sites not explicitly mentioned in this post are certified Adobe Flash Free



BES Support

OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging

Software Distribution

Remote Control

Power Management

Patches Support

Patches for Solaris Live Upgrade

Security Configuration Manager

Client Manager for Endpoint Protection

BES Inventory and License

MaaS360 Mobile Device Management





BigFix Web Reports and Flash



BigFix Web Reports may contain predefined reports based on Flash, delivered through the following sites: Power Management, Security Compliance Manager, Remote Control. This content will be transformed as part of the work in progress to make these sites Flash-free. Reports from other sites do not use Flash as of today.

Differently from what previously announced, custom reports, including the ones created with the older version of the product, are not using Flash code.

Flash content is still present in BigFix Web Reports 9.2 Overview page. A 9.2 update will be made available shortly to replace this content. Please plan to install this upgrade before uninstalling Adobe Flash Player or blocking Flash execution in your browser, or some of the information in the Overview page will not be available.

Flash content is still present in BigFix Web Reports 9.5 Overview page, for fixpacks prior to 9.5.13. Please plan to install 9.5.13 or later before uninstalling Adobe Flash Player or blocking Flash execution in your browser, or some of the information in the Overview page will not be available.

Flash content is not present in BigFix Web Reports 10.0 Overview page.









Alessandro Dinia

Product Manager, BigFix

Phone: +39 345 5906645


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