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Forcepoint DLP v8.8 Release Notes : Installation and Upgrade
Installation and Upgrade
Release Notes | Forcepoint DLP | v8.8 |27-September2020
For installation or upgrade instructions, see:
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Forcepoint DLP Installation Guide (PDF)
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Forcepoint DLP Upgrade Guide (PDF)
Operating system and hardware requirements
For the operating system and hardware requirements of Forcepoint DLP modules, see the Deployment and Installation Center.New installation
For a step-by step guide to installing Forcepoint DLP, see the Forcepoint DLP Installation Guide,.
Before you begin, open the Windows Control Panel and verify that the "Current language for non-Unicode programs" (in the Administrative tab of the Region and Language settings) is set to English. After installation, you can change it back to the original language.
The v8.8 Forcepoint DLP installer also installs Forcepoint Security Manager version 8.5.6, Forcepoint Email Security version 8.5.4, and Forcepoint Web Security version 8.5.4.
Upgrading Forcepoint DLP
Your data security product must be at version 8.5.0 or higher to upgrade to Forcepoint DLP v8.8. If you have an earlier version, there are interim steps to perform. See Upgrading to Forcepoint DLP v8.8.
 
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Customers upgrading from Forcepoint DLP 8.7.1 or 8.7.2 and reconnecting to DLP Cloud Proxy must request a new unique Data Protection Service (DPS) JSON file from Forcepoint technical support in order to successfully connect to the DLP Cloud Proxy post-upgrade. See "Configuring Data Protection Service" in the Forcepoint DLP Administrator Guide on page 386.
Supported operating systems
See the Certified Product Matrix for information about all supported platforms, including supported browsers.

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