ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0 (Beta) is available as of December 12th 2012. McAfee has sent a second email out that the download is available as of this date.
This release includes new features and enhancements, including the following:
ePO 5.0
- Disaster Recovery, including cold standby/global failover support
- Simplified product deployment workflow
- Improved navigation to the most commonly used ePO areas and features
- Policy Comparison, to review differences between policies or tasks side-by-side
Agent
- URL-based Agent Deployment – additional method for deploying agents eases remote deployments
- McAfee Smart Install – small ePO and network aware install manages the Agent installation and configuration
- Hierarchical SuperAgents– SA can now update from known repositories, including other SA
- Agent Relay – based on McAfee Internet Independent Update technology, Agent Relays enable systems with limited network access to share a connection to ePO
- Enhanced Virtualization Support – new installation options and property settings enable better management of virtual environments
To download ePO 5.0 (Beta), go to the McAfee Downloads site at
http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/beta-programs/index.aspx.