{"id":8793,"date":"2025-02-24T11:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/?p=8793"},"modified":"2025-03-31T09:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T09:54:45","slug":"network-lifecycle-license-compliance-and-promo-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/2025\/02\/products\/network-lifecycle-license-compliance-and-promo-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Lifecycle, License Compliance, and Promo News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Promos: XGS 138 Now Eligible for Global Promo Discounts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The XGS 138 is now included in our global promo codes. This makes it an even more attractive option for distributed edge environments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8941\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/xgs-138-back.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key features of the XGS 138 include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 x SFP+ 1G\/10G interfaces for high-speed connectivity<\/li>\n<li>PoE-capable ports for powering connected devices<\/li>\n<li>Compact desktop form factor ideal for space-constrained locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With these capabilities, the XGS 138 provides robust security and networking functionality without the full-size footprint of a 1U appliance. Take advantage of our current promo codes to offer your new and existing customers attractive savings on this versatile firewall model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applicable promo codes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XGS_REFRESH_xxx, MSP_XGS_REFRESH_xxx<\/li>\n<li>SG_XGS_3Y_xxx<\/li>\n<li>XGS_3Y_Xstream_HWFREE_xxx<\/li>\n<li>GLOBAL_WSP_CEMA_xxx, WSP_CEMA_3Y_Xstream_Central<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The updated promo flyers will be uploaded to the Partner Portal in the coming days, but discounts are available with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lifecycle: Upcoming Sophos UTM\/SG Milestones<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re providing early notice about some upcoming lifecycle milestones for Sophos UTM (all deployment types) and the SG Series.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-teams=\"true\">20% price increase on all SG\/UTM renewal SKUs: June 1, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Final renewal date: December 31, 2025<\/li>\n<li>Final order date for sub-6-month terms: expected April\/May 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please encourage your customers to renew early if they\u2019re not yet ready to upgrade to Sophos Firewall.<\/p>\n<p>A communication will be sent to partners and customers this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>License Compliance: XG Series Alert for Unsupported Systems<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As previously communicated, we\u2019re alerting the remaining XG customers to the upcoming EOL and the current license compliance requirements.<\/p>\n<p>From February 24, 2025, XG Series customers with no support or subscription (other than the Base License) will see an alert in the Control Center. Some functional limitations will be implemented on unsupported devices.<\/p>\n<p>The license compliance changes for other Sophos Firewall customers with no support or subscription (other than the Base License) will come into effect from March 28.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/c\/sophos-firewall-license-compliance-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review the current license compliance requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>License Compliance: AP6 Series Support Enforcement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re beginning the enforcement for AP6 Series support licensing in Sophos Central. For each rollout phase, term customers and their partners will receive an email from us, but as many customers opt out of communications, please review the status of your customers and apply any keys that have not been activated. We will not be contacting MSP customers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophoswireless\/b\/blog\/posts\/enforcement-of-support-and-service-ap6-series-access-points\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Further details on the Sophos Wireless Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lifecycle: EOL for Sophos Firewall OS v18.5 and v19.5 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Per our lifecycle policy, we are announcing an end-of-life (EOL) date of April 30, 2025, for Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS) major release versions 18.5 and 19.5 (includes GA and all Maintenance Release (MR) versions).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2025\/02\/products\/sophos-firewall-os-sfos-v18-5-and-19-5-eol-and-upcoming-license-compliance-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the previous blog post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should you have any questions about any of the topics in this post, please reach out to your local Sophos distributor or account team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important updates for your XG Series, Sophos UTM (SG), and AP6 customers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":3000006677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[213,13,14,48,110,22],"coauthors":[41],"class_list":["post-8793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products","tag-ap6","tag-prezzi-licenze","tag-promozioni","tag-sg-utm","tag-sophos-firewall","tag-sophos-product-lifecycle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/featured-image-sophos-firewall-v20.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8830,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793\/revisions\/8830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8793"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}