Redirect endpoints to the new Sophos Enterprise Console

To redirect endpoints to the new Sophos Enterprise Console you can reprotect the endpoint computers from the new Sophos Enterprise Console.

Note If you have a large number of endpoints or if reprotection is not possible due to any other reason, an alternative procedure is described in knowledge base article 116737.

If you need detailed information on how to protect computers, see Protect computers section in theSophos Enterprise Console help.

To protect computers:

  1. Depending on whether or not the computers you want to protect are already in a group, do one of the following:
    • If the computers you want to protect are in the Unassigned group, drag the computers onto a group.
    • If the computers you want to protect are already in a group, select the computers, right-click and click Protect Computers.
    The Protect computers wizard is launched.
  2. On the Installation type page, select the security software that you want to use for reprotection.
  3. Follow the instructions in the wizard. On the Select features page, select the features you want.
    Note For a list of system requirements for the features, see the system requirements page on the Sophos website.

    The anti-virus protection is always selected and must be installed. You can also select to install the features listed below. Some of the features are available only if your license includes them.

    • Firewall
    • Patch
    • Third-Party Security Software Detection
  4. On the Protection summary page, any problems with installation are shown in the Protection issues column. Click Next.
  5. On the Credentials page, enter details of an account which can be used to install software.

    It must:

    • Have local administrator rights on computers you want to protect.
    • Be able to log on to the computer where you installed the management server.
    • Have read access to the Primary server location specified in the Updating policy.
    Note If you are using a domain account, you must enter the username in the form domain\user.

You have finished redirecting endpoints to the new Sophos Enterprise Console.