KB89833 - End of Life for Drive Encryption 7.1.x

KB89833 - End of Life for Drive Encryption 7.1.x

Environment

McAfee Drive Encryption (DE)  7.1.x

For details of DE supported environments, see KB79422.  

Summary

This support statement is provided by the Product Management Team. 

McAfee announces End of Sale (EOS) and End of Life (EOL) for Drive Encryption  7.1.x

• On January, 31, 2018, DE 7.1.x will reach the EOS stage. As of this date this product will not be available for purchase.
• On June, 30, 2019, DE 7.1.x  will reach the EOL stage. As of this date McAfee will no longer provide technical support for these versions.

We strongly recommend that customers who are still using the DE 7.1.x release should upgrade to the latest version of the product to ensure continued support.

To identify the latest DE release, refer to the supported environments article in the environment field above.

Related Information

For product lifecycle details, see the McAfee Product and Technology Support Lifecycle page at:http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.

For EOL policy details, see the Enterprise Products End-of-Life policy at:http://www.mcafee.com/common/media/mcafeeb2b/support/terms/Support_Policy-Product_Support_EOL.pdf.

Definitions

End-of-Life period	The timeframe that runs from the day McAfee announces product discontinuation until the last date that the product is formally supported by McAfee. In general, after the EOL period is announced, no enhancements are made.
End-of-Life date	The last day that the product is supported according the terms of the McAfee standard support offering.

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