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<em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BigFix is pleased to announce an update to the WebUI that introduces a range of improvements, including new features and functionality and improved performance.
</span></em><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WebUI General Release</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212121;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Improved Performance<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">This release introduces optimizations and improvements to the performance and scalability of the WebUI. Specifically:</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Support for deployments up to 120,000 endpoints on both Windows and Linux<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Dramatically improved user experience with reduced response times and improved resource utilization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Improved automatic maintenance and transaction concurrency when combined with BigFix platform 9.5.10 or higher<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Patch Policy Features<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Based on user feedback, we've improved how patch policies work to provide a better user experience, and added new features such as:
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Policy auto-refreshing, which updates the set of patches to be deployed on a specified schedule<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Dynamic Exclusions, which allows you to introduce keywords during patch policy creation to exclude sets of patches during patch policy refreshes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">OS Filters to filter for specific OS versions
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This release also includes UI design, navigation, and workflow improvements, as well as defect fixes
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">and security enhancements. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Get started<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WebUI will update automatically by default, unless configured otherwise.
</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For customers within an air-gapped environment, use the link below to learn how to gather the new WebUI sites:
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.doc/Platform/Config/c_airgap_tool_overview_NonExtr.html">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.doc/Platform/Config/c_airgap_tool_overview_NonExtr.html</a></span>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt">Documentation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">WebUI Administration Guide<br>
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Admin_Guide/WebUI_admin_guide.html" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Admin_Guide/WebUI_admin_guide.html</a></span><br>
<br>
WebUI Users Guide<br>
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Users_Guide/WebUI_users_guide.html" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Users_Guide/WebUI_users_guide.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Patch Policies</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Users_Guide/c_get_started_with_patch_policy.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Users_Guide/c_get_started_with_patch_policy.html">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTK87_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.webui.doc/WebUI/Users_Guide/c_get_started_with_patch_policy.html</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please accept the update within WebUI when available, if not automatically applied.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Discuss this on the forum at:
<a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-webui-update-2018-11-30/28106">https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-webui-update-2018-11-30/28106</a>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our customers mean everything to us, so<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">THANK YOU for being part of the BigFix family!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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