BES Client upgrade

(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

We are running TEM version 8.1.551.0 in a very large environment. A signinficant portion of the clients are still using version 7.2.4 or 7.2.5 clients. I have to convince others that it would be in their best interest to upgrade their clients to 8.1.xxx. What are the advantages that come with a client update and conversly, what are the disadvantages/ negative impacts for staying on an old client version?

(imported comment written by wnolan91)

Take a look at this page… http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/changes-81.html there is a link at the bottom.

Click here for a full technical change list.

Click here to see the changes in BES 8.0

If you click the first “here” then it shows you changes from 8.0 to 8.1. If you click the second “here” it will take you to a simular page, but now you can choose the full technical change list for 8.0, etc…

(imported comment written by BenKus)

And… 7.2 is going be end-of-life relatively soon… So you should upgrade not only for the increased stability, better performance, and new features… but also if you want to stay current…

Ben