{"id":22274,"date":"2020-11-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/blog\/sophos-sfos-update-new-features-in-v18-0-3-mr3\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:43:44","slug":"sophos-sfos-update-new-features-in-v18-03-mr3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/sophos-sfos-update-new-features-in-v18-03-mr3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos SFOS update – new features in v18.0.3 MR3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Admins who have already updated their XG Firewall to 17.5 MR13 and MR14 have been waiting for this update for quite some time. But also for all others v18 MR3<\/strong> brings along 34 bugfixes and some new features.<\/p>\n\n

Upgrade to v18<\/h2>\n\n

Currently, there are still two different versions of SFOS, which are updated by Sophos. There is v17.5<\/strong> (MR6 – MR14.1) and version 18<\/strong> (MR1 and MR2).<\/p>\n\n

Users of an XG 85 or XG 105 cannot upgrade to v18 due to insufficient RAM. That’s why these firewall appliances are also end of sale<\/a> and there are corresponding successor models. For customers with these older devices, Sophos continues to keep v17.5 up to date, at least in terms of bug fixes and security updates.<\/p>\n\n

To benefit from the latest features, it would be advisable to switch to the new models that support v18. To make this decision easier for customers with older devices, Sophos is offering a renewal promo until the end of the year, with which you get 50% of the new firewall hardware for free. The other option would be to simply wait until 2021 Q2….(SPOILER:<\/strong> New hardware series to be released. \ud83e\udd2b)<\/p>\n\n

For firewalls that support v18, however, updating has not been so easy. Until now, there was only a working migration path to version 18 for versions 17.5 MR6 to MR12. Anyone who had already installed MR13 or MR14 in the meantime was confronted with a factory reset when manually updating to v18 and lost their complete configuration.<\/p>\n\n

With v18 MR3 there is an update path again. Also, for our v17.5 customers, we see that the v18 update is automatically suggested on the firewall for the first time. So Sophos is confident and has gained enough experience with v18 to make the upgrade available to all customers.<\/p>\n\n

Our experiences with v18 and v18 MR3 are also quite positive. We therefore recommend an upgrade to v18. \ud83d\ude4c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Why v18 is a really good release?<\/h3>\n\n