Announcement: End of Sale Beginner Package
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Situation |
You are looking for information on the end-of-sale of the Proofpoint Essentials Beginner Package |
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Product / Version |
Proofpoint Essentials / MSP Program |
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Summary |
Proofpoint will end the sale of the Beginner package on January 16, 2025. |
Due to ongoing evolution of the threat landscape, the Proofpoint Essentials Beginner package no longer offers sufficient email protection for the majority of small and mid-size customers. As a result, the Proofpoint Essentials Beginner package will no longer be available for new subscriptions as of January 16, 2025.
Proofpoint Essentials continues to offer several packages that meet the security needs of your customers. Click here to view available packages.
Proofpoint Essentials Beginner Package EOS FAQs
What is happening?
Proofpoint Essentials Beginner package will no longer be available for new subscriptions as of January 16, 2025.
Why is this change being made?
Due to ongoing evolution of the threat landscape, the Proofpoint Essentials Beginner package no longer offers sufficient email protection for the majority of small and mid-size customers.
What happens to existing customers who are on the Beginner package?
Customers with existing Beginner package subscriptions will not be impacted. However, we do recommend Partners work to upgrade existing customers to one of the other available packages.
Will the API and web-based customer creation both be updated to reflect the End of Sale change?
Yes. Both the API and the web-based customer creation tool will no longer allow the Beginner package to be selected as a subscription.
If you have any additional questions, please contact your Proofpoint Channel Account Manager (CAM).
If you do not know who your CAM is, you can use the following aliases:
For Partners in the AMERICAs, please contact smbchannel@proofpoint.com
For Partners in EMEA, please contact smbchannel-emea@proofpoint.com
For Partners in APJ, please contact smbchannel-apj@proofpoint.com