[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix 10.0 Patch 14 is now available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 10 Patch 14
(10.0.14.63) of BigFix Platform.


The main features in this release are as follows:

*Updated API version:*

·       The API version used by agent to retrieve information from Azure
Cloud was upgraded to Version 2023-07-01.

*Upgrade of the following libraries/drivers:*



·       libssh2 library upgraded to version 1.11.1

·       Openssl library upgraded to version 1.0.2zl

*Security enhancements*

*Defect Articles (DA), defect fixes and Serviceability enhancements*

For details, see the technical specification section below.



*Additional information about this release*

   - The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 10.0 Utilities
   section in BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center
   <https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch14/>.
   - A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance and
   security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at BigFix
   Performance & Capacity Planning Resources
   <https://bigfix-mark.github.io/>

*References*

   - See the full technical changelist.
   <https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-100.txt>



*Pre-Upgrade Considerations*

   - This release includes all the BigFix Platform components.
   - The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components
   on Linux systems (see Server Requirements
   <https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_bigfix_server.html>).
This
   applies to version 10.0.2 and later.


   - Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin with v9.5.10 or later. For details,
   see Upgrade considerations
   <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
   - For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum supported
   versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 10, see Detailed
   system requirements
   <https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327>
   .


   - Before getting started with the upgrade process, stop any active
   application that is connected to the BigFix database (such as Web Reports,
   WebUI, BigFix Inventory, or BigFix Compliance).





*Useful links*

   - BigFix downloads and release information
   <https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch14/>
   - BigFix 10 documentation
   <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html>
   - Home page <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/index.html>
   - Upgrade considerations
   <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
   - Detailed system requirements
   <https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327>



Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version *1502* (or later).
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