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Product Lifecycle Update – July 2021

Find out what’s new, what’s coming, and what’s going in our latest product life cycle report.
Sophos

What’s New

Integration of Sophos EDR and Sophos XDR into a single offering

We are integrating Sophos EDR and Sophos XDR into a single offering. Intercept X Advanced with EDR will become Intercept X Advanced with XDR. Intercept X Advanced for Server with EDR will become Intercept X Advanced for Server with XDR. There are no changes to pricing and Standard Sophos Data Lake will be increased from 7 days to 30 days of historical data. Customers will be automatically upgraded on July 10. Read more

Introducing Sophos Intercept X Essentials and Sophos Intercept X Essentials for Server

Sophos Intercept X Essentials (CIXE) and Sophos Intercept X Essentials for Server (SVRCIXE) now available for purchase. These new licenses are aimed at small organizations and are the best protection for a company that doesn’t require full control and management capabilities. They do not include: app control, web control, peripheral control, DLP, threat cases or controlled updates. If they require multiple policies or control capabilities, choose instead Intercept X Advanced/Intercept X Advanced for Server or higher. Read more

The end of sale of Sophos Central Endpoint Protection and Sophos Central Server Protection for new customers

Sophos Central Endpoint Protection and Sophos Central Server Protection are now End of Sale for new customers. Existing customers can renew their subscriptions until the migration date (second half 2021) when they will be automatically migrated to Intercept X Advanced or Intercept X Essentials. Read more

Extended Support for Windows 8.1, Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 for Endpoint and Server

A single support package for endpoint and server products is now available. Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are being added to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Extended support end date of operating systems is the same, but some start dates are different. Ensure you price for the quantity required and from the required date. Read more

End-of-sale AP 100X

We have to announce the end-of-sale for the AP 100X outdoor access point. This is due to significantly increased demand and component shortages, which impact our ability to continue manufacturing this product. The end-of-sale will be August 1, 2021, but we will continue to sell the product for as long as stocks last. Further information is available in this Read more.

Going soon

ProductEnd of Life (EoL)Migration Path
Prior Sophos (XG) Firewall License bundles
July 30th 2021As part of the ongoing transition to the new Sophos Firewall licensing scheme, the following license SKUs have a final order date of July 30, 2021:

  • TotalProtect
  • TotalProtect Plus
  • EnterpriseProtect
  • EnterpriseProtect Plus
  • FullGuard
  • FullGuard Plus
  • EnterpriseGuard
  • EnterpriseGuard Plus
  • Enhanced Plus Support
  • In the future, please order an Enhanced to Enhanced Plus Upgrade

Individual subscriptions are not affected, with the exception of Sandstorm Protection which has been renamed to Zero-Day Protection to reflect the enhanced threat intelligence features in SFOS.

These changes are valid in combination with Sophos Firewall (SFOS) only and do not apply to Sophos UTM.

Endpoint Protection, Server Protection and Enterprise Console products (standalone or managed on premises)July 20th 2023Intercept X Advanced or Intercept X Advanced for Server
Sophos Mobile as a ServiceSeptember 30th 2021Sophos Mobile managed in Sophos Central
Sophos Mobile (managed on premises)July 20th 2023Sophos mobile managed in Sophos Central
SafeGuard EnterpriseJuly 20th 2023Sophos Central Device
Legacy SATC ClientJuly 31st 2021Sophos Firewall and Intercept X for Server
PureMessage for ExchangeJune 30th 2023There is no migration path.
PureMessage for UnixJune 30th 2023Sophos Email
Sophos Email ApplianceJune 30th 2023Sophos Email
Reflexion Total Control March 31st 2023 Sophos Email
Reflexion Archiving Lite March 31st 2023 Sophos Email
Reflexion Total Encrypt March 31st 2023 Sophos Email
SFOS v17.5 and older
SFOS b18.0 MR3 and older
July 31st, 2021Latest SFOS MR
Sophos AP 100X outdoor access pointMarch 31st, 2023Sophos APX 320X (Sophos Central Management only)
Sophos Web Appliance
July 20th, 2023Sophos Firewall

Abbreviation index: EoS = End of Sale, EoL = End of Life

Additionally, check out our Sophos Product Lifecycle page and Upcoming Training Courses.

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