Users Guide

• An issue that caused a prompt to reboot in some cases with SDE encryption enabled is resolved. [DDPC-3525]
• If the activation prompt times out for a second or subsequent user on a computer with an activated user, the prompt now displays
again. [DDPC-3705]
• UEFI computers with Secure Boot enabled now boot as expected after Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-100 is applied. [DDPC-4032]
• Added 12/2016 - Hardening against credential update failures within the Encryption client is now enabled by default. [DDPC-936]
Preboot Authentication v8.10.1
• An issue is resolved that previously prevented users from authenticating on some non-UEFI computers when PBA was congured for
smart card only. [DDPC-2578]
Technical Advisories v1.4.1
Threat Protection v1.4.1
• Direct upgrade from v1.1.1 and earlier is not supported. To work around this issue, uninstall the previous version then install the latest
version. [DDPC-4242, DDPC-4360]
Encryption Client v8.10.1
• The recovery le that is downloaded from the Dell Data Protection Server does not execute with the provided recovery image, and the
following message displays: "The subsystem needed to support the image type is not present." [DDPC-2409]
• When migrating from one edition of Windows to a dierent edition during a Windows 10 upgrade, the Encryption client is not migrated.
The same issue occurs if either the option to keep only personal les or to keep nothing is selected during a Windows 10 upgrade. To
resolve this issue, reinstall the Encryption client after upgrade. [DDPC-4191]
• When WSProbe -z is run to prepare for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on a computer with Dell Data Protection-encrypted data,
an error may display that says an encryption sweep could not be stopped. To work around this issue, restart the computer and then re-
run WSProbe -z. [DDPC-4254]
• Direct upgrade from v8.5.1 and earlier on 32-bit operating systems is not supported. To work around this issue, uninstall the previous
version then install the latest version. [DDPC-4268]
• Aventail Access Manager is not supported with the Encryption client on Windows 10 computers. [DDPC-4335]
New Features and Functionality v1.4
• Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite now supports Microsoft Windows 10.
• The Windows USB selective suspend feature is now supported.
• Beginning with v8.9.3, Dell Data Protection | Hardware Crypto Accelerator is not supported. Installation and upgrade do not proceed if
Hardware Crypto Accelerator is detected and the computer is disk encrypted with it. In cases where Hardware Crypto Accelerator is
installed but the computer is not disk not encrypted with it, upgrade will proceed. However, Hardware Crypto Accelerator will be
ignored. The last Endpoint Security Suite client version to support Hardware Crypto Accelerator functionality is v1.3.1. Support for v1.3.1
will continue through April 8, 2020.
Resolved Technical Advisories v1.4
Threat Protection v1.4
• After a domain is added to the list of domains in the Client Firewall DNS Blocking policy on the Dell Data Protection Server, the rewall
is no longer shown to be inactive on the client computer after receiving new policies and before a restart. The rewall was never
inactive in this scenario, although the DDP Console showed it to be. [DDPC-1607]
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Endpoint Security Suite Pro Technical Advisories v1.8
Technical Advisories