<html><body><p><font face="Tahoma">IBM BigFix Patches for Windows now supports the Windows 10 feature upgrades for the Education, Enterprise, Professional editions and their N variants. <br><br>In this release, BigFix Patch offers the custom repository feature. Users can download the Microsoft ISO image to their own custom repository before deploying the Windows 10 Feature Upgrades Fixlets. For more information about custom repositories, see this </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Using%20the%20Custom%20Repository%20Setting%20feature" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Tahoma">wiki article</font></u></a><font face="Tahoma">. <br></font><i><font face="Tahoma"><br>What does BigFix Patches for Windows support in this release?</font></i><font face="Tahoma"> </font><br><font face="Tahoma">• Editions: Education, Enterprise, Professional, Education N, Enterprise N, Professional N<br>• Architecture: x86, x64<br>• Languages : English and Japanese<br>• Custom repository feature</font><br><br><i><font face="Tahoma">What should I do before deploying the Fixlets?</font></i><font face="Tahoma"> </font><br><font face="Tahoma">• Ensure that there is sufficient hard disk space. <br>• Check the .iso file size and if needed, increase your endpoints' pre-cache and normal download limits using the following configuration settings:</font><ul><ul><li type="disc"><font face="Tahoma">_BESClient_Download_PreCacheStageDiskLimitMB</font><li type="disc"><font face="Tahoma">_BESClient_Download_NormalStageDiskLimitMB</font></ul></ul><font face="Tahoma">• You have the option to use a custom repository from which the Wndows 10 ISO image is downloaded. </font><br><b><font face="Tahoma"><br>Note: </font></b><font face="Tahoma">The downloading process of Windows 10 Feature Upgrade Fixlets is usually larger than 4GB, and is affected by </font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV84436" target="_blank"><u><font color="#000080" face="Tahoma">APAR IV84436</font></u></a><font face="Tahoma"> in version 9.5. The Fix that addresses this APAR is available on Fixpack 2, which is targeted to be available in Q2 2016 (availability is subject to change).</font><font face="Tahoma"><br></font><b><font face="Tahoma"><br>HIghlights</font></b><font face="Tahoma"><br></font><font face="Tahoma">100001 Windows 10 Education N Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100003 Windows 10 Professional N Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100005 Windows 10 Enterprise N Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100007 Windows 10 Education Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100009 Windows 10 Professional Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100011 Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100013 Windows 10 Education Version 1511 Available - ja - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100015 Windows 10 Professional Version 1511 Available - ja - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">100017 Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1511 Available - ja - Windows 10</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110001 Windows 10 Education Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110003 Windows 10 Professional Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110005 Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110007 Windows 10 Education N Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110009 Windows 10 Professional N Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110011 Windows 10 Enterprise N Version 1511 Available - en-us - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110013 Windows 10 Education Version 1511 Available - ja - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110015 Windows 10 Professional Version 1511 Available - ja - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><font face="Tahoma">110017 Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1511 Available - ja - Windows 10 (x64)</font><br><b><font face="Tahoma"><br>Actions to take</font></b><font face="Tahoma"> </font><br><font face="Tahoma">• </font><font face="Tahoma">Gather the Patches for Windows site, version 2509.</font><font face="Tahoma"><br>• </font><font face="Tahoma">If you are using the Custom Repository feature, subscribe to the Patching Support site. For more information, see </font><font face="Tahoma">this </font><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Tahoma">wiki article</font></u><font face="Tahoma">. </font><br><b><font face="Tahoma">Sites</font></b><font face="Tahoma"><br>Patches for Windows site, version 2509.<br>Patching Support site, version 559. <br></font><b><font face="Tahoma"><br>References</font></b><font face="Tahoma"> </font><br><font face="Tahoma">• </font><font face="Tahoma">For more information about custom repositories, see this </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Using%20the%20Custom%20Repository%20Setting%20feature" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Tahoma">wiki article</font></u></a><font face="Tahoma">. </font><font face="Tahoma"><br>• </font><font face="Tahoma">For more information on configuration settings to change the download limit, see this </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Configuration%20Settings"><font face="Tahoma">wiki article</font></a><font face="Tahoma">.</font><br><i><font face="Tahoma"><br>Applications Engineering Team </font></i><font face="Tahoma"><br>IBM BigFix</font><br><br><BR>
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