Sophos Central Endpoint Protection for Server & Endpoint End of Life

What can I buy instead of Central Endpoint Protection/Central Server Protection?

Intercept X Essentials and Intercept X Advanced are alternative products to Central Endpoint Protection. Intercept X Essentials for Server and Intercept X Advanced for Server are alternative products for Central Server Protection.

What are the differences between Intercept X Essentials/Intercept X Essentials for Server and Intercept X Advanced/Intercept X Advanced for Server?

Intercept X Essentials and Intercept X Essentials for Server are ideal for small organisations that want the very best protection, from a single policy, but don’t require all of the control and management capabilities. See Sophos’ FAQ for more details and comparisons.

Can I buy Central Endpoint Protection/Central Server Protection as a new customers after July 1, 2021?

New customers must purchase Intercept X Essentials/Intercept X Essentials for Server or higher as of July 1, 2021.

Can existing customers of Central Endpoint Protection/Central Server Protection renew after July 1?

Existing customers will be migrated to another license. Details are below. This will not impact existing deployments.

Renewals will be possible until the completion of the license migration.

After the license migration is complete, these products will no longer be active.

What are the licensing migration details for existing customers using Central Endpoint Protection/Central Server Protection?

Term customers will have their license upgraded to Intercept X Advanced/Intercept X Advanced for Server for the remainder of their term. At the end of the term, they have the option to pay for Intercept X Advanced/Intercept X Advanced for Server, or higher. Alternatively, they can choose to move down to Intercept X Essentials/Intercept X Essentials for Server with the subsequent reduction in functionality.

Do customers need to take any action?

The license migration will be done automatically, without interaction from Partners or Customers.

Sophos strongly recommends that customers deploy and enable the latest protection features of Intercept X Advanced/Intercept X Advanced for Server as soon as possible. They will benefit from the protection capabilities such as anti-ransomware and deep learning AI that are not present in Central Endpoint Protection/Central Server Protection.

Customers and Partners will be contacted to advise them that the license migration is complete and indicate any necessary steps to take.

If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact us