The change was done based on the security threat analysis and security hardening initiative.
Logic of creation IIS application has been changed and Basic Authentication has been disabled for all platform IIS applications: /Altiris /Altiris/NS /Altiris/NS/NSCap /Altiris/NS/NSCap/Bin /Altiris/Resource /Altiris/Reporting /Altiris/Console /Altiris/AltirisNSAutomation /Altiris/DirectoryConnector /Altiris/ServicesFramework /Altiris/Connector /Altiris/NSWebService /Altiris/PackageShare
All solutions that create virtual applications through configuration file (<webs><web name=”<Name>” _cke_saved_name=”<Name>” _cke_saved_name=”<Name>” _cke_saved_name=”<Name>” relativeDir=”<Dir>”/></webs>) will have Basic Authentication disabled by default.
Is there a confirmed open beta/full release date?