Sophos UTM Retirement / EOL announced

one can hope that the 'partner only' conversion tool from UTM to XG would be publicly released (maybe with a 'use at your own risks' disclaimer) so current UTM users can migrate to XG ?

Hello David,

I recommend doing a manual migration.

For many reasons.

In the meantime I found this:  UTM to SFOS Migration Utility 

And after going to XG from UTM, I'd still recommend a manual migration, but good luck if you use this - let us know how it works.

Have a look at this, you cannot transfer your fw-rules:

I know, I'm not in a hurry to migrate so we'll see if this evolves by then ;-) 

Yes this is sad, I concur that the UTM, in what concerns the Sophos portfolio, is far superior, far more professional. I've tested yesterday a quick manual in place migration with XG.. It's okay'ish although far from the UTM if you ask me -- and when I saw that changing parameters on a parent interface would completely removed both, underneath VLANs as well as IPsec tunnels configured upon them, I've been thorn to say the least -- my AP50 not supported and so on... hence nothing for me I guess.

I cannot think other than that Sophos actually lost the main "Astaro developers" of the UTM branch long ago -- which is perhaps why it was a bit dormant on new features etc. In the end it's a sad story because let's be honest, Sophos kills an incredibly good product, loved by the vast majority.

Let's hope for the open source alternative.

You are so right. We have been using the product since the days of Astaro and really loved it. The XG line can't compare in any way. It is so much more complicated. We already have some of them in remote offices and have to replace our HQ UTM this year with XG. So sad...

^^Why replace them with XG when there's other options available?

Hi Jay Jay,

can you name some?