Symantec Management Agent (SMA) for ARM

[Rufus Swart]

Hi,

Is there any plans to release a ARM architecture spesific agent for windows?

Kind Regards,

Rufus

[Mike Grueber]

Hi Rufus,

We have done some preliminary research into adding agent support for ARM processors on WIndows.  Aside from the agent itself, we also need to consider each of the various plug-ins to the agent.  It may take more effort to add ARM support for some solutions than others.  For examplel, it's theoretically possible that it may be more complex to add ARM support for the Deployment Solution.

At this point, we would like to get some additional feedback from customers and partners regarding support for ARM processors.  We are interested in knowing how many ARM devices are currently being used by customers/partners and how many additional ARM devices customers/partners anticipate will be introduced into the environment within the next 2-3 years.

I would eelcome people to share that information here, or to communicate it to me by direct message.

[Michael Lieder]

Hey Mike,

I don't have solid numbers on how many ARM computers, but we could see adding maybe 50 over the next few years. It wouldn't be our main fleet; that would stay x64, but we're going to need to be able to at least support ARM sooner rather than later, especially since these computers are currently available for purchase.