Changes to supported UW Sophos Antivirus options
Sophos Endpoint Protection and Server Protection Enterprise, products that were previously distributed to protect UW computers and servers will no longer be updated or supported by Sophos. As of July 20, 2023 those products will no longer provide adequate protection. Endpoints that previous utilized these products should be migrated to a next generation Sophos Central product.
The Sophos retirement calendar is available here,
Necessary Actions
Customers currently utilizing Sophos Endpoint Protection to protect managed endpoints must migrate to Sophos Central before July, 2023.
Customers with individual or unmanaged endpoints must migrate to Sophos Home Commercial Edition before July, 2023.
Resources
Sophos Central
Sophos Home Commercial Edition
- Installing Sophos Home Commercial Edition on Windows
- Installing Sophos Home Commercial Edition on Apple Mac OS
- Installing Sophos Home Commercial Edition on Apple Mac OS (M1 ARM)
Help
Please contact the UW-IT Technology Service Center at help@uw.edu or 206-221-5000 with questions about the UW Sophos.