Product Lifecycle Update – July 2021

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

Jul 09 2021 By

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

Product End of Life (EoL) Migration Path
Prior Sophos (XG) Firewall License bundles 
 July 30th 2021 As 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 2023 Intercept X Advanced or Intercept X Advanced for Server
Sophos Mobile as a Service September 30th 2021 Sophos Mobile managed in Sophos Central
Sophos Mobile (managed on premises) July 20th 2023 Sophos mobile managed in Sophos Central
SafeGuard Enterprise July 20th 2023 Sophos Central Device
Legacy SATC Client July 31st 2021 Sophos Firewall and Intercept X for Server
PureMessage for Exchange June 30th 2023 There is no migration path.
PureMessage for Unix June 30th 2023 Sophos Email
Sophos Email Appliance June 30th 2023 Sophos 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, 2021 Latest SFOS MR
Sophos AP 100X outdoor access point March 31st, 2023 Sophos APX 320X (Sophos Central Management only)
Sophos Web Appliance
 July 20th, 2023 Sophos Firewall

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

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

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.