Sophos has discontinued support for the current on-premise variants of its virus scanner and the management software "Sophos Enterprise Console" as of 20.07.2023! After this date, these products will no longer be provided with updates by the manufacturer. If you are currently using Sophos as your virus scanner solution, you must migrate your systems to the successor offerings by the above date to ensure that they continue to be protected.

There are different migration options depending on your use case. This page is intended to serve as an entry point to provide useful information about the migration in one place.

Institutes of RWTH

Private use

Institutes of RWTH

Under the current land license agreement, institutions can migrate to the cloud-based successor platform, Sophos Central, at no cost.

Be aware: Institutions that have not yet deployed Sophos Enterprise Console and provide clients with a standalone installation of the virus scanner will also need a Sophos Central instance in the future.

Access

Informationen how to get Sophos Central can be found here Access

Migrating existing systems

• Sophos Enterprise Console
  • If you previously used a Sophos Enterprise Console, Windows clients and servers can be migrated centrally with little effort. For instructions on how to do this, see Migration of an exsisting Enterprise Console..
  • MAC und Linux Clients are noz supported using this method
• Windows Clients und Server
  • Open Sophos Central and, under the Protect devices menu item, download the "Full installer for Windows" and run it on the target system.
  • Be aware there are different installers for Windows and Windows Servers. The Client installer can be found in in the section Endpoint Protecetion. The installer for servers can be found in Server Protection.
  • If you want to automate the installation e.g. by a software distribution, you will find a description of possible command line parameters underhttps://docs.sophos.com/central/partner/help/de-de/Help/Deployment/WindowsCommandLine/index.html#registrierungsserver
• Linux
  • For Linux systems, you must first uninstall the old version of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find instructions on how to do this herehttps://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000044199?language=en_US
  • Open Sophos Central and, under the Protect devices menu item in the Server Protection section, download the "Installer for Linux Server" and run it on the target system.
  • You can find a sample video for the installation athttps://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000035474?language=en_US
• MacOS
  • For MAC systems, you must first uninstall the old version of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find instructions on how to do this athttps://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000033340?language=en_US#Removal-via-the-Terminal---v9.2+-installation-managed-by-Enterprise-Console
  • Öffnen Sie Sophos Central und laden Sie unter dem Menüpunkt Geräte schützen im Bereich Client Protection den "Installer für MacOS" herunter und starten Sie diesen auf dem Zielsystem.
  • Open Sophos Central and, under the Protect devices menu item in the Client Protection section, download the "Installer for macOS" and run it on the target system.
  • For descriptions of the setup parameters for automated installations, seehttps://docs.sophos.com/central/customer/help/de-de/PeopleAndDevices/ProtectDevices/EndpointProtection/CentralMacCommandLineOptions/index.html

Private use

For private use, a free upgrade to "Sophos Home Premium" is possible within the framework of the NRW state license agreement. Information on obtaining the Software can be found under Access

Should further questions or the need for instructions arise in the course of the changeover, these will be supplemented here or in the FAQs accordingly.