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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">We have added lot of features and enhancements in 9.x platform releases. We are pre-announcing end of support for 8.1 and 8.2. Here are the list of key features you would get if you upgrade to 9.x.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>64-bit server components:</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> Windows Server Components (Server, Console, Web Reports, FillDB, and BESAdmin) are now 64-bit Windows applications. This improves performance for large IEM deployments</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Expanded OS support: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Debian 6, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Windows Server 2012, RHEL 7</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Enhanced Security: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Disable SHA-1 signatures in favor of SHA-256, Support for TLS 1.2 and root certificate key strength increased from 1024 to 4096 bits</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Common Criteria security certification: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> Increased server audit logging and configurable attributes for Console and Web reports</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>New agent inspectors: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">SSID for WiFi inspector, SQLite inspectors, JSON inspectors, SHA-2 inspectors, TCP/UDP port inspectors (supported on Windows 7+, Windows Server 2008+), Inspectors for tracking long Fixlet evaluation times, SHA-2 inspectors</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Granularity of Access Control: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">This allows NMO users to manage actions</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Improved relay resiliency: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Relay recoverability from errors and data corruption has been added</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b><u>Additional notes:</u></b></font><br>
<a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-90.txt"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.0 changelist</font></a><br>
<a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-91.txt"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.1 changelist</font></a><br>
<a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-92.txt"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.2 changelist</font></a><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Fixlets for upgrading to the latest platform version are available in the BES Support site</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Manual upgrade instructions are available at: </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading</font></a><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Upgrade Fixlets for previous versions of IBM Endpoint Manager are available at: </font><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html</font></a>
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Regards,<br>
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Ashwin Manekar<br>
Product Manager, Endpoint Manager and Mobility Solutions<br>
IBM, Emeryville, CA<br>
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