<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">The
BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 10 Patch 12 (10.0.12.60)
of BigFix Platform. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">The
main features in this release are as follows:</span></p>

<p style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">VMware Plugin</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> <b>enhancements</b></span></p>

<p style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">The VMware Plugin has been extended with inspectors and
action commands to improve the management capabilities for both host and guest
systems. For details, see </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_cloudplugins_introduction.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">Introduction to Cloud Plugins</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_config_cplugins.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">Configuring cloud plugins</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_vmware_cloudplugins_inspectors.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">VMware Asset Discovery Plugin Inspectors</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_vmware_cloudplugins_commands.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">VMware Plugin Commands</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Security enhancements</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Upgrade
of the following libraries/drivers:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The libcURL library was upgraded
     to Version 8.6.0 </span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">ODBC driver was upgraded to
     version 17.10.6</span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Defect
Articles (DA), defect fixes and Serviceability enhancements</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">For
details, see the technical specification section below.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Additional
information about this release</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The standalone BigFix tools are
     published under the 10.0 Utilities section in BigFix Enterprise Suite
     Download Center.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">A Non-Functional Requirements
     checklist, covering both performance and security management of your
     BigFix deployment, is available at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://bigfix-mark.github.io/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">BigFix
     Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>

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<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">See the full technical </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-100.txt" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">changelist</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.</span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Pre-Upgrade
Considerations</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">This release includes all the
     BigFix Platform components. It also includes the Plugin Portal that
     enables the Multicloud and Modern Client Management capabilities.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The unixODBC RPM package is a
     prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server
     Requirements). This applies to version 10.0.2 and later.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin
     with v9.5.10 or later. For details, see Upgrade paths (Windows) and
     Upgrade paths (Linux).</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">For detailed information on the
     specific changes to minimum supported versions of operating systems and
     databases for BigFix 10, see Detailed system requirements.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">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).</span></li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Useful
links</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch12/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">BigFix
     downloads and release information</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">BigFix 10 documentation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/index.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">Home page</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">Upgrade Windows considerations</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">Upgrade Linux considerations</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,82,204)">Detailed system requirements</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>

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Fixlets are available in BES Support version <b style="">1490</b> (or later).</font></span></p><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please continue to discuss on the <a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-10-0-patch-12-is-now-available/48579/" style="">Forum</a></font></div></div>