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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 10 Patch 8 (10.0.8.37) of BigFix Platform.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">The main features in this release are as follows:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Optionally disable local operators to comply with most recent Cyber Security guidelines
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Starting from BigFix Platform 10.0.8, you can decide to optionally disable all local operators from logging into the BigFix Console, Web Reports and WebUI,
in favour of the LDAP-based operators</span><span lang="EN-GB">. This feature may be used to comply with most recent cybersecurity guidelines and standards.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Click </span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_disabling_local_operators.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB">here</span></b></a><b><u>
</u></b></span><span lang="EN-GB">for more info <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Enhance audit capabilities of your BigFix deployment with new audit logs
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">BigFix Platform 10.0.8 introduces a new audit log file which tracks every access and action performed using the
</span><span lang="EN-GB">BigFix Administration Tool when used via the GUI on Windows or when used via the command line on Windows/Linux.<span style="color:black"> For details, see </span></span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/r_logfiles.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0066B3">Server
audit logs</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> and </span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html#r_client_set__emsg"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0066B3">Logging</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Get more flexibility in writing relevance statements with regular expressions by leveraging the Perl Regular Expressions standard</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span lang="EN-GB">BigFix Platform 10.0.8 makes available a new client inspector which allows writing regular expressions based on the Perl Regular Expressions standard. This capability is available on Windows
only. Click </span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/regular-expression.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB">here</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> for more info<span style="color:red">.
</span></span><span lang="IT"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">BigFix Agent supports RHEL systems with FIPS mode enabled</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB">You can now install the BigFix Agent on Red Hat systems where FIPS mode is enabled. This is possible as the RPM package delivered with BigFix Platform 10.0.8 supports the sha256 digest in the RPM header, adding another level of security,
required to deal with systems in FIPS mode. </span><span style="color:black">Click</span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_red_hat_installation_instructi.html">
<b><span lang="EN-US">here</span></b></a></span><span style="color:black"> for more info</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Enhanced flexibility for handling Linux BigFix services via full systemd support</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">BigFix Platform 10.0.8 introduces full support for the systemd services for all main Platform components while still supporting init.d for backward compatibility.
</span><span style="color:black">Click</span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_managing_server_services.html">
<b><span lang="EN-US">here</span></b></a><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">for more info</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Simplify troubleshooting via new installation logs</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB">BigFix Platform 10.0.8 makes available new installation log files for fresh Windows/Linux installations and upgrades. This release also improves logging capabilities for CDT installations. Click
</span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_logfiles.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB">here</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> for more info</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Enhanced prefetch actionscript command to deal with sites implementing the HTTP to HTTPS redirection
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">BigFix Platform 10.0.8 adds the capability for the prefetch actionscript command to deal with HTTP to HTTPS
redirect requests. The prefetch command will handle the redirections both for server/relay and client. Click
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_managing_downloads.html"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">here</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> for
more info<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Upgrade from SQL Server Native Client to ODBC Driver</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">BigFix Platform 10.0.8 moves from supporting and shipping SQL Server Native Client 2012 to supporting and
shipping the ODBC Driver. Click </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_iem_odbc_configuration.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">here</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
for more info</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin-left:10.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">BigFix Console logging and diagnostics.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Improvements have been made in logging and diagnostic approaches for the console, to better understand system capability and bottlenecks. A future publication will provide guidance on leveraging this capability.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> CLOUD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Get a more current view of your infrastructure via the new automatic clean-up approach
for proxied endpoints</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify">
<span lang="EN-GB">The Plugin Portal now implements a clean-up process for proxied endpoints, allowing to automatically delete proxied endpoints that are no longer discovered by the plugins (both cloud and MDM). This will help you to get a more up-to-date status
of your infrastructure. Click<b> </b></span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_discoverassets.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB">here</span></b></a></span><span lang="IT">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">for more info.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Use the Computer Remover to implement different clean up policies for native and
proxied endpoints</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">The Computer Remover is now able to deal with both native and proxied endpoints. You can use Computer Remover to specify the type of endpoint and implement different clean up policies based on that. Additionally,
the new version of the Computer Remover reduces to 7 days the minimum value accepted for the “Remove Deleted Computers” option. Click
</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_clean_up_computer.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB">here</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> for more info<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Defect Articles (DA), defect fixes and </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">Serviceability enhancements</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:8.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:8.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Added support for </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">Amazon Linux 2 on ARM Graviton 64-bit (Agent)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">Rocky Linux 8 x86 64-bit (Agent)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Upgrade of the following libraries: </span>
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">The libcURL library was upgraded to Version 7.86.0<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">The libssh2 library was upgraded to Version 1.10<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">The ICU library was upgraded to Version 54.2<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">The JQuery UI library was upgraded to Version 1.13.2<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">The SQLite library was upgraded to Version 3.39.3<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">For details, see the technical specification section below.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;background:white">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">Additional information about this release</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 10.0 Utilities section in BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance and security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"> </span><span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://bigfix-mark.github.io/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">BigFix
Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="IT" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT"></span><b><span lang="IT" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">References</span></b><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">See the full technical</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"> </span><span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-100.txt" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">changelist</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="IT" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT"><b>Pre-Upgrade Considerations</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">This release includes all the BigFix Platform components. It also includes the Plugin Portal that enables the Multicloud and Modern Client Management capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements).
</span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">This applies to version 10.0.2 and later.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin with v9.5.10 or later. For details, see Upgrade paths (Windows) and Upgrade paths (Linux).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum supported versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 10, see Detailed system requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">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).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span lang="IT" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT">Useful links</span></b><span lang="IT" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch8/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">BigFix downloads and release information</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white">
<span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html"><span style="mso-fareast-language:IT">BigFix 10 documentation</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white">
<span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">Home page</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white">
<span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgrade Windows considerations</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white">
<span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgrade Linux considerations</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white">
<span lang="IT" style="color:black"><a href="https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0052CC;mso-fareast-language:IT">Detailed system requirements</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT">(or later).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT">Join us on the Forum to discuss!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT"><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-10-0-patch-8-is-now-available/43749">https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-10-0-patch-8-is-now-available/43749</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#172B4D;mso-fareast-language:IT">– HCL BigFix – Platform Team</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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