@ianaitken - I am not aware of any changes to the manner in which perpetual licenses are handled within the product that were made in the ITMS 8.8 release. I am not sure that your hypothesis is accurate. I know that the issue you reported is being investigated by our team
Original Message:
Sent: Jun 07, 2025 07:26 AM
From: ianatkin
Subject: IT Management Suite 8.8 General Availability
Important Watchpoint -if you are not already on subscription licensing, it's wise to check with Broadcom Support that your license type is supported before you schedule the upgrades. A note should be added, perhaps to the release notes, Mike?
Broadcom forgot that some organisations purchased multi-year perpetual licenses, which means that these are not supported with this latest update. You'll need to contact your support partner, who will then contact Broadcom to get this resolved. The old-style licenses will let you upgrade, but they will leave you with an unlicensed (zombie) infrastructure.
Original Message:
Sent: May 22, 2025 09:40 AM
From: Mike Grueber
Subject: IT Management Suite 8.8 General Availability
On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that IT Management Suite 8.8 is now available.
Highlights of the Symantec IT Management Suite 8.8 release include:
- Symantec Management Agent
o Native support for Windows ARM devices (client binaries compiled for ARM)
o Support for Windows Server 2025
o Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5
o Support for Oracle Linux 9.5
o Support for SUSE 15 SP6
o Elimination of client-side dependency on VBScript
- Symantec Management Platform
o REST API support
o Notification Server support for Windows Server 2025
o Notification Server event queue data analytics
o Central view of package server download status
o Security privilege to block access to Symantec Management Console
o Streamlined authentication experience eliminating need to display multiple icons in environments supporting multiple Microsoft Entra tenants with trust relationship
- Symantec Management Console
- Subject Alternate Name displayed on Certificate Details page
- Customize names of task instances included in automation policies
- Software Management
- Import and distribute Microsoft Store apps
- Support for apps packaged in the .APPX, .APPXBUNDLE, and .MSIXBUNDLE formats
- White paper explaining how to use Group Policy to define ITMS as Trusted Installer with AppLocker
o Collect browser extension data from Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox on Windows devices
o Collect security related data (Firewall status, antivirus status, USB autostart status and Windows Defender Credential Guard status) from Windows devices
- Deployment
- Use DISM to preinstall boot-critical drivers and create/update associated services
- Token support for Copy File and Copy Folder tasks
- Improved usability of Job Menu configuration
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- Patch Management
- Token-based authentication support for both REST and SOAP patch management API methods
Please see the ITMS 8.8 Release Notes for more information.
ITMS 8.8 can be downloaded from the Broadcom Support Download Center.
If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Broadcom Customer Care online or use the Customer Care web form: Customer Care web form . You can also call Broadcom Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see this page for the local number in your country.
Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you. Thank you again for your business.