These are the release notes for Sophos Central Server Protection for Windows Server 2008 R2 and later operating systems.
For improvements and new features in the Sophos Central Admin console, see What's new in Sophos Central.
Sophos installs components required for features that aren’t available in your license or that aren’t currently enabled in your Sophos Central policies. This makes it easier to enable the features if you upgrade your license or policies.
Occasionally an update requires a restart. Sophos never forces this restart and there is no impact on protection or threat detection updates during the period before the restart.
We recommend that you schedule a restart during your next maintenance window to ensure that you are running the latest version.
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Sophos Central Server Protection Windows Server 2008 R2 and later |
1.5.6 May 2018 Update |
1.5.6 April 2018 |
1.5.5 February 2018 |
1.5.4 January 2018 |
1.5.2 November 2017 Update |
1.5.2 October 2017 |
1.5.1 September 2017 |
1.4.1 April 2017 |
1.4.0 January 2017 |
1.3.0 July 2016 |
1.2.1 July 2016 |
1.2.0 May 2016 |
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Sophos Anti-Virus |
10.7.6 |
10.7.6 |
10.7.6 |
10.7.6 |
10.7.6 |
10.7.6 |
10.7.2.49 |
10.6.3.1039 |
10.6.3.1039 |
10.6.3 |
10.4.2.1 |
10.4.2.1 |
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Threat detection engine |
3.70.2 |
3.70.2 |
3.70.2 |
3.70.2 |
3.70.2 |
3.70.2 |
3.69.2 |
3.68.0 |
3.66.2 |
3.65.2 |
3.65.2 |
3.64.0 |
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Sophos AutoUpdate |
5.8.411 |
5.8.411 |
5.8.411 |
5.8.411 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
5.3.0 |
5.3.0 |
5.3.0 |
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Sophos Management Communications System |
4.7.15 |
4.7.15 |
4.7.15 |
4.7.15 |
4.7.15 |
4.7.15 |
4.6.0 |
4.1.1 |
4.1.1 |
4.0.1 |
4.0.1 |
4.0.1 |
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Server LockDown |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.0.6 |
7.0.6 |
7.0.6 |
7.0.6 |
7.0.5 |
7.0.5 |
7.0.5 |
7.0.5 |
7.0.4 |
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Sophos Diagnostic Utility |
1.15.0 |
1.15.0 |
1.15.0 |
1.15.0 |
1.15.0 |
1.15.0 |
1.15.0 |
1.9.2 |
1.9.2 |
1.9.2 |
1.9.2 |
1.9.2 |
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Sophos Update Cache |
1.1.9 |
1.1.9 |
1.1.9 |
1.1.9 |
1.1.9 |
1.1.9 |
1.1.9 |
1.1.7 |
1.1.7 |
1.1.3 |
1.1.3 |
1.1.3 |
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Sophos Web Control |
1.5.1539 |
1.5.1539 |
1.5.1539 |
1.5.1539 |
1.5.1539 |
1.5.1539 |
1.5.1539 |
1.3.5 |
1.3.5 |
1.3.5 |
1.3.5 |
1.3.5 |
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Sophos Malicious Traffic Detection |
1.3.2 |
1.3.2 |
1.3.2 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.2.4 |
1.2.4 |
1.2.4 |
- |
- |
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Sophos Health |
2.0.4 |
2.0.4 |
2.0.4 |
2.0.4 |
2.0.4 |
2.0.4 |
2.0.4 |
1.2.1 |
1.2.1 |
- |
- |
- |
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Sophos Security Heartbeat |
4.3.2 |
4.3.2 |
4.3.2 |
4.3.2 |
4.3.2 |
4.3.2 |
4.3.2 |
4.1.1 |
4.1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
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Sophos System Protection |
2.6.0 |
2.6.0 |
2.6.0 |
2.6.0 |
2.6.0 |
2.6.0 |
2.6.0 |
1.3.0 |
1.3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
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HitManPro.Alert (CryptoGuard) |
3.6.15.616 |
3.6.14.615 |
3.6.14.615 |
3.6.11 |
3.6.11 |
3.6.8.604.25 |
3.6.8.604.25 |
3.6.3.583 |
3.6.3.583 |
- |
- |
- |
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SophosClean |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.20.1 |
3.7.14.155 |
3.7.14.155 |
- |
- |
- |
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Sophos UI |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
1.3.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Sophos Uninstaller |
1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Sophos Endpoint Defence |
1.0.4 |
1.0.4 |
1.0.4 |
1.0.3.28 |
1.0.3.28 |
1.0.3.28 |
1.0.3.28 |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Sophos Endpoint Self Help |
1.5.23 |
1.5.23 |
1.5.23 |
1.5.23 |
1.5.23 |
1.5.23 |
1.5.23 |
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- |
- |
- |
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HitManPro.Alert (CryptoGuard) has been updated to address a customer issue.
This version adds updated support for the competitor removal tool.
New features
New features
Sophos AutoUpdate has been updated to include the Registry key required to process the Microsoft January 2018 patch.
New features
New features
You can perform some tasks directly on the server such as scanning, checking the security status or cleaning up threats using the new user interface.
New features
This sends regular reports on the security “health” of servers to Sophos XG Firewalls that are registered with Sophos Central. If a report shows that a server might have been compromised, the Firewall can restrict its network access.
Updated components
New features
Malicious Threat Detection (MTD) is now available on Windows servers. This detects traffic between an endpoint computer and a server that indicates a possible attempt to take control of the endpoint. The MTD option is shown as "Detect network traffic to command and control servers" in the Sophos Central server policy.
Updated components
Updated components
New features
Windows Servers can now update from a Sophos Update Cache on your network. Previously only workstations could do this. For information about setting up an update cache, see Sophos Central Help.
Sophos AutoUpdate can now download binary diffs of changed files and serve them to endpoints. This reduces network traffic. However, note that compressed files are only downloaded (not served to endpoints).
Sophos Web Control, which lets you control which websites can be accessed, is now supported on servers. You'll be able to set up this feature in your server policies after the next update of Sophos Central (scheduled for May 24).
Updated components
| Component | Issue ID | Description |
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| Sophos Cloud agent installer | WINEP-1577 | The logged on user who runs SophosInstall.exe must be a member of the
SophosAdministrator group in order to migrate an on-premise–managed computer to Sophos
Cloud. Otherwise, the installation will fail. If you have experienced this issue, add the user account to the SophosAdministrator group and re-run the installer. |
| Sophos Cloud agent installer | WINEP-1423 | When migrating an on-premise–managed computer to Sophos Cloud, a Sophos endpoint
software update may cause the installation to fail. This happens when a computer is
migrated without using the Sophos Cloud Migration Tool, by running the Sophos Cloud
agent installer (SophosInstall.exe) on the computer either interactively or in a quiet
mode. The update frequency is configured in Sophos Enterprise Console () by the Enterprise Console administrator. To avoid or work around this issue, you can do either of the following:
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Sophos Central Server protection for Windows Server is supported on Windows 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 and version 1709. For detailed system requirements, see http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/121027.aspx.
It is now possible to automatically migrate a computer managed by Sophos Enterprise Console or Sophos Control Center to be managed by Sophos Cloud. Please see the Sophos Cloud Migration Tool Help for more details.
For known migration issues, see the issues for Sophos Cloud agent installer in Known issues and limitations.
Sophos Device Control does not block removable storage devices that are used as system drives, as this typically destabilizes the operating system.
When you install Sophos software, some Windows components that might also be used by non-Sophos software are also installed or upgraded:
| Sophos software | Shared Windows component | |||
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| Name | File names | Versions | Date of inclusion with Sophos software | |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Microsoft XML Core Services | msxml4.dll | 4.30.2100.0 | September 2009 |
| msxml4r.dll | 4.30.2100.0 | September 2009 | ||
| ATL Library | atl90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 | |
| Microsoft Visual C/C++ Runtime Libraries | msvcm90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 | |
| msvcp90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 | ||
| msvcr90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 | ||
You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:
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